Conford, Ellen

When she takes on the advice column for her school newspaper, Carrie encounters more problems than she expects.

When Annabel, who wants to be a famous actress someday, has a part in a real play, she finds she must cope with a big dog and an unruly audience member.

Though a little disappointed that her first acting part is to be a gorilla at a birthday party, Annabel determines to really get into the role.

Stymied by an assignment to write her autobiography, Jenny decides to enhance her life story by using her considerable imagination.

Jenny lets her imagination run away with her when she decides to enter a photography contest and starts taking candid pictures around her neighborhood.

Eugene, a possum, hopes to escape his fear of the dark by sleeping all night. His sister Geraldine tries to help.

Relates the experiences of 13-year-old Melanie as she tries to cope with the traumas and pleasures of her first year at summer camp.

After perfecting her first aid skills, Jenny is disappointed in not finding anyone to rescue and decides to invent her own emergencies.

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.

When Jean finds a wish-granting genie in the lamp she receives for her birthday, she discovers that having all her wishes come true isn't so wonderful as she thinks it will be.