O'Dell, Kathleen

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.

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.

Science camp brings pranks, fun, rivalries, and a new and somewhat unsettling view of a long-time best friend.

In late 19th-century Maine, Clara gains a friend and learns a magical secret that changes her life when she cares for once-feared birds in the aviary of the Glendoveer mansion where she lives.