A wandering cat brightens the lives of six lonely people--and persuades all of them to feed him until a near accident brings them all together.

"Pandora the fox lives alone in a junk yard. She's depressed and has no contact with the outside world. Then, she rescues a blue bird. As she nurses him back to health, the bird collects seeds and trinkets for her. One day, the bird grows strong enough to fly away, but the garden seeds he brought begin to transform Pandora's landscape"--

Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated...

Dragon is lonely so he goes looking for a friend and when an apple falls on his head he is convinced that he has found one; but at home Apple is quiet and unresponsive, and when a visit to the doctor only makes things worse, Dragon mourns the loss of his friend--until an apple tree grows where Apple is buried.

While searching for a replacement heart at the Spare Parts Mart, a lonely robot finds a friend.

"A funny, noisy parrot comes into Jack's world and brings him closer to his dad in an unexpected and moving way"--

The story of a doll named Edith who had no one to play with and was very lonely.

When Little Robot finds a creative solution to his lonliness he gets straight to work on shaping the perfect companion out of metal, and affectionately names him Little Dog.

A young boy who spends most of his time alone in his bedroom makes new friends after the monster in his drawing becomes a monstrous nuisance.

An uplifting tale of unlikely friendship. A pig seeking solace and a breathtaking vista in his home high above the valley, is crestfallen when a duck moves in to spoil his view -- until he realizes what he's been missing.