While spending the summer after fourth grade at her family's cabin in the woods, Amy copes with the visit of the bored and spoiled Erika by inventing a story about a local ghost.
Embarrassed by her mother's antics and eager to have a "normal" mother like her best friend Melissa has, Tina tells everyone her mom is really her babysitter.
No longer a show-off, Veronica decides the best way to make friends is to "take an interest" in people and determines to practice this theory on Kimberly Watson. Sequel to "Veronica the Show-Off.".
Six-year-old Angela's faith in order and fairness is frequently shaken as she tries to cope with all the mysteries of life that keep turning up in her busy family.
When an overseas telephone conversation traps Veronica into agreeing to play a renowned chess champion, she decides that she needs to learn how to play the game.
