Wolkoff, Judie

Michael loses the chuckwalla he is secretly keeping for a friend and the furor over finding the pet in the house helps the family make an important decision.

Deeply disturbed by his Vietnam experiences, 12-year-old Marcie's father drinks heavily and terrorizes his family.

Fourth-graders and best friends, Maisie Blumm and Glenda Jax, fight and make up as all best friends do, through everything from a dog show competititon to editing their own newspaper.

Eleven-year-old Kitty and her sister look forward to their mother's remarriage, but not to getting a stepbrother.