Mazer, Anne

Abby is happy that her sister Eva has a boyfriend; but when she starts receiving cards and pictures from a secret admirer, she asks herself if she is really ready for a relationship.

Abby is jealous when her classmate Brianna gets a new top-of-the-line MePhone and wishes she could have her own cell phone, so when Brianna's new phone goes missing and Abby is the one to find it, she wonders if she really has to give it back.

Abby is having a party and decides to give her room a make over to make it more impressive for her guests.

Abby struggles to earn and save enough money for rollerblades.

Fifteen stories relate the experiences of teenagers working for many different reasons in a variety of jobs.

Eight-year-old Mabel thinks she is totally prepared for her trip to the beach to meet her cousins, but when the girls realize her little sister can do magic, Mabel worries about what they will think of her.

Mabel loves taking piano lessons and practicing so much that her parents buy a brand-new piano, and when they decide she should perform a concert at a family party, her little sister Violet gets jealous and threatens to unleash magic in order to get attention.

After Mabel and Violet agree to being the flower girls in their Aunt Dolores' wedding, Mabel gets carried away with the details of the wedding plans, but when things do not come out the way that Mabel wants, she tries to convince Violet to use her magic to help.

When strange things start happening and eight-year-old Mabel, who is very sensible, cannot figure them out, she discovers a family secret that affects her younger sister Violet.

Abby Hayes's expectations for sixth grade are shaken on the first day when she makes a blunder that threatens to follow her throughout the year.