Bring on the spotlight! Ruby Booker is ready to shine! I'm Ruby Booker, and if you know me, you know i'm ready to shine. Well, my chance is coming up : There's an animal trivia contest at my school, and the winner gets season passes to the Chill Brook Zoo for everyone in his or her grade! The problem is, I need a little help. And for my entire life, all eight years, help has come to me in the…
Amber Brown's parents aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes on dates, or her mom goes on vacation... without Amber. Then Mom and Max deicde to move to a new house - maybe even a new town! Some kids have parents who stay together. Some kids don't have to think about moving from their school and all their friends. Some kids seem to have no problems at all... and…
"Liliandra picked up the backpack, unzipped it, and lifted out the plastic bag with the dress inside. When the sun hit the golden threads running through the pink silk, Liliandra and the other girls gasped. Dozens of fingers reached out to touch the glittery material."
Eva and Isabel went to Eiffel Tower almost three and a half hours ago. They have to come down sometime. What are they doing up there, anyway? Abby Hayes : The Hayes family is visiting Paris, the City of Lights. Too bad it's also the City of Fights! Abby's family bickers just as much on vacation as they do at home and Abby's totally fed up. But then she's allowed to tour the city alone with her…
"We'll go through my talents alphabetically," said Margaret. She went to a shelf and pulled down her accordion. She looked at my hands and then she looked at the keys. She put the accordion back. "Fingerprints," she said.
Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other.
On the afternoon that Miri spots a piece of glass taped to the wall of her room, her world changes into something she never dreamed was possible. Undaunted by the barest of clues, the meanest of cousins and the mystery of time itself, Miri finds that magic is really just a way of setting things right.
When Sophie fessed up after putting a snake in Ms. Moffly's desk, she learned that being honest pays off! Now it's all truth, all the time for this third-grader. But sometimes the truth hurts. Sophie blabs so much that the other kids in class start calling her Sophie the Chatterbox. (Not exactly the title she had in mind) Sophie cannot tell a lie...but she CAN cause tons of trouble!
After spending the night studying the Joyce Kilmer Middle School Handbook, Jenny McAfee feels totally prepared to start sixth grade. But Jenny has another reason to feel confident. She'll have her best friend, Addie Wilson, right there by her side. When Jenny and Addie meet at their lockers the next morning, Jenny finds out that Addie has other plans--and they don't include her. Could Addie …