Sachs, Elizabeth-Ann

Becky's experience in owning a cat helps her in dealing with the departure of her father and the new man in her mother's life.

Janie gains a new perspective on boys when she and her boy-crazy best friend go on a whale watching expedition.

When her friends Courtney and Harold, anxious about becoming teenagers, begin dating each other, Janie feels left out, but then has a chance to watch a calf being born, which helps her mature in her own way.

Confined to the hospital in casts because of scoliosis, two young girls become best friends in spite of the differences between them.