pet sitting

James and his friends start a summer pet-sitting business and are dismayed when their hard-earned cash starts to disappear from the money box.

"Mickey is put in charge of his vacationing neighbors' cat, Bella. His best friend, Amanda, comes along to help out. All they have to do is make sure Bella has enough to eat and doesn't destroy the furniture. Seems simple enough. But Bella escapes from the house and is hit by a truck. Mickey feels awful. What is he going to do? Amanda has an idea to replace the cat with a look-alike from the local pet store, Cat Heaven. They find a cat that looks exactly like Bella, but the clerk won't sell it to them, so they decide to steal it. Big mistake! These cats are more than they seem to be..."--P. [4] of cover.

Jeremy starts a pet-sitting business so he can try out all different kinds of pets to help him decide which one he wants to get for himself.

Obi Wan Kenobi, the gerbil, is forced to escape his cage and fend for himself after his owner leaves on vacation and the pet sitter neglects to feed him, and through his adventures encounters a cat, a tarantula, a snake, and a dog.

Young Frannie B. Miller, desperate to find a job, comes up with a plan to take her aunt's limping dog to the vet and so impress the doctor that he hires her on the spot.

Disaster hits when sisters Abby and Tess team up to look after two goldfish.

Second-grader Robert, who desperately wants a dog of his own, starts a pet sitting business, but when he finds a stray dog, the best he can do is to keep him temporarily and train him so he can be adopted by someone else.

After Abby and Tess agree to pet-sit for Ms. Fitzpatrick they are curious as to what kind of pet she has--and hope for a puppy--only to discover that Prissy is actually a pig, but when peculiar things start happening Tess wonders if Prissy has magical powers.

When her friend Rana goes to India, Susan volunteers to take care of her cat and her sister's fish, but the job turns out to be much more difficult than she expected.

Teddy starts a pet-sitting business in order to prove to his parents that he is responsible enough to have a pet; but while sitting, he uses science to solve a mystery.