Janie, twelve, lines up snow shoveling jobs for the other children in her Kid Power organization, but faces stiff competition from another group of shovelers.
When her mother remarries, 16-year-old Leigh abandons her acting career and tries to lead the life of a normal teenager. She is coached by her 17-year-old stepbrother, homebound with hemophilia.
Sixteen-year-old Robin's summer in New York, as an intern on a teen magazine, provides her with both happy and sobering experiences that expand her understanding of herself and other people.
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Katie really wants to be the star of her third-grade class, but the noisy, mean atmosphere of her class makes it hard to decide how to use the three wishes given to her by an old magic lamp.
Sybil's sixteenth birthday brings the Sebastian family together again--a reunion that initiates a series of crises and confrontations between the four sisters and their parents that have far-reaching consequences.
Eldest daughter in an unusual family, Evvie goes to spend the summer with a bedridden great-aunt, whose plutocratic and acerbic views affect her relationship with two boys she meets--one divinely handsome, the other possessing a dark mystery.
Meredith, dreading an encounter with her cousin who always hits her and steps on her toes, fantasizes some imaginative disasters that might prevent their visit.
Entering her senior year after a fabulous summer, Annie faces the reality that she cannot always get what she wants and puts her energy into achieving positive results.
