Abby's best friend Jessica is gone for several months, and nothing goes right. She goes to visit her Grandma Emma, only to find her cousin Cleo will be there, too. Will working together on a bookmaking project bring the girls closer together?.
Abby's having the ultimate bake sale, to raise money for her new dream: attending a writing camp next summer. There's only one problem--it's against the rules to sell cookies at school. But Abby does it anyway! When she gets in trouble, her world turns upside down. She's always been one of the good kids. Is she one of the bad ones now?.
This year the Fall Festival at the high school will be the best ever. Abby wants to go with her friends--not her parents and little brother. But first she has to prove how mature she has become...'.
Eight-year-old Mabel likes her clothes to be neat, her days to be planned, and her life to be organized. If only her sister could be more like her! Everyone else thinks Violet is cute, but Mabel thinks she's a mess. Mabel tries to keep her out of trouble, but lately strange things have been happening. Sensible Mabel can't figure it out-until she discovers a family secret. For Mabel and Violet, magic really can happen. And no amount of organization is going to change it!.
Authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter offer advice for aspiring young writers, discussing finding a voice, character development, plot, revisions, and other related topics. Includes writing prompts.
Abby Hayes is starting fifth grade. Her supersibs, the perfect older twins and her genius little brother, have already proved their Hayes worthiness. This is going to be Abby's year...and she's going to record every moment of it!.
When Abby and her new friend Hannah take charge of a class project to assemble gift packages for underprivileged children, one thing after the next goes wrong.
Abby's class is putting on Peter Pan for the whole school. Abby wants a big part like Wendy or Captain Hook. But everyone else wants those parts, too. So Abby needs to stand out at the tryouts. She will memorize every character's lines. She will learn to dance and sing. abby just hopes she has what it takes to be a star!.
This year the Fall Festival at the high school will be the best ever. Abby wants to go with her friends--not her parents and litttle brother. But first she has to prove how mature she has become. Abby plants to clean the house, take care of her brother, and make her family breakfast. It is a great plan for independence...until disaster strikes.
