When Mallory is appointed to the Fern Falls Elementary School Environmental Committee, which is deciding on class projects for the upcoming Green Fair, she rapidly succeeds in alienating her classmates, friends, and family by her overzealous efforts to save the planet.
Four very different friends in Concord, Massachusetts, and their mothers continue their book club, reading Jean Webster's "Daddy Long-Legs," while getting to know their own pen pals from Wyoming.
A story about the ways in which people deal with many differences in physical and mental ability, even as they share the same human need for love and understanding.
On the first day of seventh grade when Kat "borrows" a bicycle to go see her dog who was hit the day before by a woman with Alzheimer's disease, she learns about the serious consequences of impetuous actions and manages to make some new friends in the process.
As the Pee Wee Scouts prepare for Easter they also visit the firehouse during Fire Prevention week, and after Sonny's mother meets and starts dating the fire chief, Molly helps Sonny come to terms with his mother's new boyfriend.
Thirty-two boys from around the country give advice about such things as girls, wise-cracking, sports, cooking, siblings, drugs, etiquette, and friendship.
advice for girls from girls on just about everything
Roehm, Michelle
1999
Thirty-eight different girls give advice on specific issues including sisters, school, passing notes, adults, divorce, babysitting, boys, sport, drugs, and personal appearance.
