Bauer, Joan

As sixteen-year-old Ellie pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.

Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.

In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted.

A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.

A cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love.

As a sixteen-year-old pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.

Hope and her Aunt Addie are on the road again.