Northern lights young novels

Ivy, upset by the development that is changing her neighborhood, plans a defiant prank that backfires and starts Ivy's summer on a sour note that just keeps getting worse.

Eleven-year-old Marjorie, sad because her best friend has moved away, is anticipating a boring summer full of housework and baby-sitting, but things liven up when she and new neighbor Craig Geller get involved in investigating a series of robberies.

Jill opposes her high school's Lovely Legs Competition and decides to make a statement about sexism by giving up shaving her legs before entering the contest.

A collection of stories about the struggles and triumphs that teenagers deal with in their daily lives, by such authors as Bonnie Blake, Rick Book, Martha Brooks, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Deb feels vaguely uneasy about her upcoming vacation with her dad, knowing that her mom is also going to be away and out of touch, and her feelings are borne out when she finds herself abducted, along with her brother and sister, by a father determined to make them a family again.