responsibility

Seven-year-old Louise, who performs in a trapeze act with her mother and father, finally gets an important job at the circus, but when things go wrong she wonders if she is really ready for new responsibilities.

"Using a garden metaphor, the author explains how to ignore distractions, take responsibility for one's behaviors and make better choices."--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old hockey goalie Rallo wants desparately to make the St. Sebastian team and go to the 14U National Bantam Tournament, but there are other contenders, and one of them is a hulking fourteen-year-old bully who is willing to do anything to sabotage rivals, including arranging "accidents," but Rollo has an unexpected ally in Mr. Fairbank, the manager of the rink, and Sawchuk, Mr. Fairbank's dog.

"Mallory takes on a babysitting job, only to discover that it is more work than she expected and that she will have to learn to balance her commitments"--Provided by publisher.

"Noodle always chooses to do the things he wants to do while never getting around to doing the things he NEEDS to do! Luckily, he learns simple strategies to help him complete his chores and still have time for fun."--Publisher.

When Molly volunteers to look after Sammy McHamsterhead, the class pet, for the weekend she has visions of training him to do tricks and becoming rich and famous--but when she leaves the cage open and Sammy escapes she realizes that she has to find him or confess her carelessness to her teacher, Mr. Rose.

"Wanting a pet pig more than anything, two siblings siblings finally convince their mother that they are ready for the responsibility before tackling the realities of pet care that prove to be more than they bargained for"--OCLC.

"After the disappearance of his grandfather 'Big' and the arrest of his older brother, JT, 'Little' McCardell is looking out for his younger cousin, trying to stay afloat in school, working in the town graveyard for extra cash, and in his spare time pining after Rowan, the girl JT was dating until he got locked up. When the sheriff's deputy catches him hunting deer out of season and threatens to prosecute, Little must cooperate in their investigation about Big. Beholden to the sheriff, to JT, to Rowan, and to Big's memory, there's no telling how Little's deepest secret could shatter their lives."--OCLC.

"Mia is upset when her parents tell her she's too young to go to a concert without adult supervision. She's old enough to help run a cupcake business! Why can't her parents see that she's also responsible enough to do whatever she wants? And just when she's reached a compromise with her parents (her older brother Dan will go to the concert with her), Mia finds out she's being cyber-bullied on social media. It's the Cupcake Club to the rescue as they all help Mia solve her online bullying mystery!"--Amazon.com.