Greenwald, Sheila

An antique doll helps a young girl whose mother has carefully protected her from traditional sex roles achieve self-assurance and personal definition.

While focused entirely on gaining admittance to the posh Hillyard School next year, eighth-grader Rosy Cole neglects her friends and her real talent until she finally makes an important discovery about herself.

Uncle Ralph's books about Rosy's two older sisters, a dancer and an equestrian, made them famous. Now it is untalented, 10-year-old Rosy's turn, and when Uncle Ralph gets out his camera determined to make Rosy and her violin his next book, Rosy's troubles begin.

Eleven-year-old Drucilla longs to rid herself of her dusty, traditional family heritage but finds the price of conformity more than she wants to pay.

Her life moves along as carefully planned until sixteen-year-old Bliss is befriended one day on the subway by a stray dog.

Avid reading and a vivid imagination get Franny Dillman into hot water when she turns from the classics to modern teenage novels.

Gifted fifth grader Alvin Webster, accustomed to always being the best, the first, and the one with the most right answers, has some adjustments to make when he finds out he is getting a new baby brother at the same time he tries to tutor a less gifted student who does not want to be tutored.

Rosy and her friend Hermione attempt to help Rosy's teenage sisters live out the romantic fantasies they have been reading about in paperback.

Rosy plans to show her small-town cousin all the amazing sights that make New York City such a great place to live, but things do not go as she had hoped.

Rosie's team comes up with some creative ideas for the Read School Fall Fair, whose mission is to sell "green-themed" products.