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Contains two novels, "Shirt and Shoes Not Required" by Todd Strasser in which seven strangers share a house on the Jersey Shore and find that fun in the sun does not always mean that no one will get burned, and "Laguna Beach" by Nola Thacker, in which old and new friends come together for a summer of partying, catfights, and secrets.

Molly and Sam and Ebony the kitten are staying the night for a pyjama party. Yay! Lulu is looking forward to stories and games and snacks. But it's a busy night for Dad's vet hospital. An orphaned wallaby joey needs care and a mother dog arrives at the vet hospital ready to have her puppies. Dad needs Lulu and Molly's help even if they're still in their pyjamas!.

"The squirrels of the Grumpy Woods have finally finished gathering their nuts for winter, when the Super Happy Party Bears find their stash...and eat the whole thing. To make it up to them, the bears show the squirrels another hoard they've found--one that belongs to the chipmunks! Suddenly, the bears' huge appetite has caused an all-out civil war between two rival nut hoarders: the Puffy Cheeks (the chipmunks) and the Twitchy Tails (the squirrels). Can the bears prevent the Grumpy Woods from getting too nutty?"--Publisher.

"When Queen Beetrice and her beehive opens for business in the Grumpy Woods, the Super Happy Party Bears are excited--they LOVE honey! But the other Grumpy Woods residents are very unhappy with all the noisy buzzing going on, and they boycott the bees! Too much sugar sends the bears into early hibernation and soon the woods are overflowing with uneaten honey. The townscritters need a fast solution to the sticky situation--and so they decide to throw an Un-Slumber Party to wake those bears up!"--Provided by publisher.

The Super Happy Party Bears find Butter, a dancing caterpillar, in the Grumpy Woods and love the jitterbug. But they might have to say good-bye to their new friend who is eating everything in the forest.

Krystal Ball of Queens, New York, is looking forward to her tenth birthday party, but she is worried that nobody will come because her psychic dreams make her seem weird. Then a flood in her friend Billy's apartment damages her apartment and it looks like the party will never happen.

Even though twelve-year-old Pixie prefers to blend into the background, she might have to step closer to the center of attention when her friend runs for class president and when her mom leaves town indefinitely, leaving her parent's party planning business in need of a British-accented punk mermaid.

Nine-year-old Estella Garcia dreams of being a movie star when she grows up, but she is nervous about attending her very first sleepover party at the home of the new fourth-grader, Brittany, especially as the theme is "art," which is not really her thing--so she turns to her three best friends, The Worry Warriors, to help her overcome her anxiety.

Zeke Meeks will be nine soon, but he is not looking forward to a party that his sisters want to take over and nobody but his closest friends want to attend, but the alternative is going to Grace Chang's party on the same day, and she is really scary.

Everyone is invited to a birthday party at her parent's candy store, except Stella Batts so she tries to figure out how to be a pleasant hostess when she's not on the guest list.