When Andy Shane befriends the new girl in town, everyone thinks he must be in love with her, but the reason he is spending so much time with her is because her dog just had puppies.
Wanting a break from being known only for her sister's cancer, seventeen-year-old Nola leaves Boston for a waitressing job at a summer resort in Maine, but soon feels as if her new best friend is taking over her life.
Andy wants two things very much--to win the contest for the best decorated bicycle in the "Home Sweet Home parade" and to be a hero--but his best friend Dolores stands in the way of at least one goal.
After Andy hosts a barn sale to raise money for a case for Granny Webb's binoculars, he realizes that they accidentally were sold, so with Dolores's help they try to track down the missing binoculars.
Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem.
Winnie is worried when her best friends Zoe and Vanessa enroll her in ballet classes with them, since she would rather go to the library and read like they always do.
Zoe is the smartest speller and Vanessa is the top actress in the fourth grade, but Winnie doesn't know what she does best until she helps a young neighbor in need.
Winnie heads off to camp looking forward to a fun summer filled with laughter, friends, and swiming, but her life becomes too complicated when one little fib leads to a not-so-little lie.
