Ellis, Sarah

"Liam finds it hard to be patient while waiting for his sister to be born, then while waiting for her to grow up, so he builds something to speed up the process with the help of Nana-Downstairs"--OCLC.

A young girl named Lynn has an ideal life, but things are about to change when she meets a mysterious girl named Blossom, whose family lives secretly beneath a city reservoir.

Thirteen-year-old Polly's rebellion against her unmarried, fiercely independendent mother comes to a head when they must find a new apartment.

Ben thinks he's too little to do anything until his older siblings produce his first report card, grading him on all the things little brothers do best.

While riding the bus, Claire helps the driver, her father, and meets her mother during the trip.

In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldn't they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying focus on boyfriends and obsessing about marriage? Couldn't one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, and go to the upcoming outdoor hippie music festival? But life becomes more complicated when the girls meet a draft dodger who comes to live with Charlotte's Quaker family. Tom Ed expands Charlotte's horizons as they discuss everything from war to civil disobedience to women's liberation. Grappling with exhilarating and disturbing new ideas, Charlotte finds it harder and harder to stick to her unteen philosophy, and to see eye to eye with Dawn.

A young girl named Lynn has an ideal life, but things are about to change when she meets a mysterious girl named Blossom, whose family lives secretly beneath a city reservoir.

Encourages children to express their ideas in writing and then turn them into stories.

Ben loves to play at his best friend's house, but when it's time for a sleepover all Ben can think about is going home, and Ben's brother and sister try some creative solutions to help their younger sibling get over his fear.

Ben thinks he's too little to do anything until his older siblings produce his first report card, grading him on all the things little brothers do best.