Because she is slender and cries at sad stories, Wendy is teased by the school bully until the day she brings in her grandfather's huge snake, then has to bravely rescue him after he wriggles out of her school bag.
Tripp, who plays guitar only for himself, and Lyla, a cellist whose talent has already made her famous but not happy, form an unlikely friendship when they are forced to share a practice room at their high school.
Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother.
After injuring himself during a diving meet while thinking about the girl of his dreams, Jonah Black tries to recover while struggling with his relationship with his real-life friend Posie, his second junior year, and his family.
After breaking up with his best friend Posie so that he can date Sophie, a girl he has fantasized about since he got kicked out of boarding school, Jonah arranges to meet Sophie in Disney World.
When his girlfriend leaves him and their five-month-old baby, seventeen-year-old Matt struggles to make a life for himself and Mahalia, the daughter he adores.
When sixteen-year-old Skyler's teacher tells her to make a video diary the summer her mother builds a bomb shelter in the backyard, Sky chronicles her twin brother's increasing drug use, her strained relationship with her best friend when a boy enters the picture, and her mother's bad choice of a new boyfriend.
a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
Birdsall, Jeanne
2005
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
For sixteen-year-old Shayley, a dying man's last words about her long-lost father are almost worse than the violence and murders occurring during her famous mother's rock concert tour, and she is driven to find out if they are true.
