Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Relates Betsy's humorous efforts to keep a surprise birthday party for her twin sister a secret.

After becoming a celebrity for saving a child's life, seventh-grader Dana finds herself in a situation at school that requires even more courage.

The remaining members of the Chapman family try to cope with the disappearance of fourteen-year-old Michael.

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.

Although initially afraid that she'll lose her best friend unless they prepare for their bat mitzvahs together, Becky undergoes a change in her thinking that puts much more than her friendship in jeopardy.

When her close friend since childhood murders his adoptive parents and kills himself, 17-year-old Lynn is haunted by the tragedy.

Reesa's delight in winning the junior high school essay contest vanishes as soon as she learns she is expected to read her essay to an audience of 500 people.

By becoming the subject of her mother's experiment for a class in behavior modification, Cass learns how to keep a secret. Then she learns a secret that traps her in a no-win situation between two friends.

Ten-year-old Beth takes an exciting trip to pre-Civil War New York City with Marmee and Father.

As each of the four March sisters turns ten, she is invited by Aunt March at Christmastime to discuss who will receive an heirloom, an old cameo brooch, and thus each girl contemplates her role in the family.