Caring for Ivy's talking parrot while she is on vacation, Julie rapidly discovers that an old friend has been hiding secrets that might be causing strange occurrences at Ivy's house, in a tale inspired by the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill and the vegetarianism movement of the 1970s.
Agnes Parker tries to maintain her old persona and keep a low profile in middle school, but her best friend Prejean's problems, persistent harrassment from the eighth-grade boys, and a friendship with an interesting boy in her art class make it difficult.
Rebelling against her strict Catholic upbringing in 1967, teenager Mary Elizabeth sorts through her feelings about her parents and friends, and about sex, while making some decisions about the type of life she wants for herself.
Fourth-grader Ophelia Peeler has always felt that she was just like Dorothy in Oz, skipping down the yellow brick road, until a move to Oregon, away from her best friend, sends her on a different path.
In late nineteenth-century Maine, isolated, eleven-year-old Clara Dooley gains a friend and uncovers a magical secret that changes her life when she learns to care for the once-feared birds in the aviary attached to the Glendoveer mansion where she lives.
Caring for Ivy's talking parrot while she is on vacation, Julie rapidly discovers that an old friend has been hiding secrets that might be causing strange occurrences at Ivy's house, in a tale inspired by the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill and the vegetarianism movement of the 1970s.
Agnes Parker tries to maintain her old persona and keep a low profile in middle school, but her best friend Prejean's problems, persistent harassment from the eighth-grade boys, and a friendship with an interesting boy in her art class make it difficult.
Fourth-grader Ophelia Peeler has always felt that she was just like Dorothy in Oz, skipping down the yellow brick road, until a move to Oregon, away from her best friend, sends her on a different path.
As she starts in the sixth grade, Agnes faces challenges with her old best friend, a longtime bully, a wonderful new classmate and neighbor, and herself.
