When her perfectionist classmate and neighbor plans an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner, Katie begins to wonder if the relaxed day she, her father, and her messy little brother usually enjoy means they are not a "real" family.
When her perfectionist classmate and neighbor plans an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner, Katie begins to wonder if the relaxed day she, her father, and her messy little brother usually enjoy means they are not a "real" family.
Katie endures a challenging spring break during which she is forced to share her bedroom with Claire, her difficult neighbor and classmate, and run a pet-sitting business at the same time.
Katie endures a challenging spring break during which she is forced to share her bedroom with Claire, her difficult neighbor and classmate, and run a pet-sitting business at the same time.
Nine-year-old Katie and her four-year-old brother, Tyler, have an emotional summer during which their father considers moving them to Portland and they are surprised by a visit from their mother, a country singer.
To escape her popular younger sister's shadow, Sharon escapes for a summer to the Oregon coast where a job as live-in baby-sitter for a difficult family gives her an appreciation for her own assets.
When her perfectionist classmate and neighbor plans an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner, Katie begins to wonder if the relaxed day she, her father, and her messy little brother usually enjoy means they are not a "real" family.
