As she adjusts to her new teacher in sixth grade and deals with being the only one in her family without a specific talent, Julie and her best friend try to find a new wife for their favorite fifth grade teacher.
In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philadelphia.
Follows the popular children's author through her college years during the Depression, talks about her jobs including that of librarian, her marriage, and the writing and publication of her first book, "Henry Huggins.".
As she reluctantly becomes friends with Yoon Jun, a new student from Korea, seventh grader Alice Larsen becomes more interested in learning about her own Korean background.
When she's not trying to convince her friends that she has extrasensory powers, ten-year-old Mollie finds ways to promote her mother's Chocky Chunka cookie business.
The animals in the Monroe household fear they are about to be replaced when seven suitcases, apparently containing new pets, arrive on Toby's birthday.
