Dower, Laura

Maddie is confined to home and bed because of the flu, her mom is in the middle of an important project, Gramma Helen just arrived to help out, and Maddie's only hope for survival seems to be the cute boy who lives next door on whom she's been spying through her bedroom window.

Spending the day at the beach with Princess Annie and Prince James, royal puppy Sunny, a well-behaved goldendoodle, comes to the rescue when her mischievous companion, Rex the beagle, goes missing.

Puppies Sunny and Rex try to save the day when grumpy guest Jackson threatens to ruin the birthday party that the pups' royal owners and best friends, Princess Annie and Prince James, are throwing for him.

Madison becomes convinced there are plenty of mysteries to solve in Far Hills after watching a marathon of the television show "Crime Time.".

Madison Finn struggles to make sense of all the strange things that are happening at school and in other areas of her life.

Madison's view of herself and her school changes after an enlightening field trip to Jasper Woods with her seventh grade class.

Madison learns through a weblog that her friend Ivy's life is not as perfect as Ivy would have the world believe.

Madison is disappointed that she has to go to Gramma's lake house and miss all the summer fun in Far Hills until a mysterious boy visits the house next door and her summer starts to sizzle.

Madison, shipped off to Florida's Camp Sunshine for two weeks, finds herself missing her best friends and her potential boyfriend Hart, but time starts to fly when she becomes interested in watching loggerhead turtles hatch on the beach, and is introduced to fellow camper, Will.

Madison's ordinary junior high challenges are multiplied when her mom, a filmmaker, decides to do a documentary at Far Hills Junior High where Madison is a student.