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In behind the raspberry bushes is a special place, a place Abby doesn't trust to just anyone. Then she looks through a knothole in the fence and right into a blue, blue eye. A toy tractor appears on her side of the fence and she pokes her little brother's stuffed blue monkey into the hole. The next morning she finds it with its tail ripped off. Who does the blue eye belong to?

One day, as Amanda sits practicing her cello, a restless wind swoops inside her instrument. From that moment on, all sorts of unusual musical things occur as the wind directs Amanda's music-making. But then, Amanda begins to outgrow her little cello . . .

Josh's mom thinks he is too old for Mr. Humphries, his teddy b ear, but when John has to stay at the summer cottage with Grandpa, it's Mr. Humphries who keeps him company - at night in the attic room, on long dark walks to the outhouse, and even for boat rides on the lake.

Lohans has had a number of successful publications for young adults, and all of her titles have been selected for the prestigious Our Choice list by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. "The good writing found in Lohans’ three YA novels is equally present in this collection of ten short stories..." Quill & Quire.

"Escaping her home routine for a few hours, 16-year-old Katie grabs her bike and leaves behind her cranky baby, her hyperactive brother and a struggling single mom. Flopping down in a field to rest, Katie brushes the branches of a willow shrub and falls into a dying world far in the future. The few people there cling to their lore - the tales of terrible destruction that befell the earth; the destruction that is about to hit Katie's home very soon"--P. [4] of cover.