Conford, Ellen

Follows the comic mishaps of Jenny Archer as she goes into business preparing lunches for friends at school.

No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best friend who has moved to Australia, so when twin boys move into the empty house next door, the war is on.

After reading three mysteries in a row, Jenny becomes convinced that the neighbors across the street are up to no good and decides to investigate.

Fourteen-year-old Hobie, hoping to sweep women off their feet in the manner of his spy novel hero, runs into complications when he encounters a girl who has studied the bestseller, "How to Make Men Crazy.".

Bradley Fentriss keeps an account of life with his loving, if somewhat unusual father.

When she learns that a famous director is making a movie in her home town, ten-year-old Annabel is determined to get a part in it.

Eleven-year-old Lenny wants to become the world's greatest stand-up comic, but with an enemy like Mousie he wonders if he'll have any future at all.

Bradley Fentriss keeps an account of life with his loving, if somewhat unusual father.