Paula Danziger

Unhappy over her parents' divorce and her mother's boyfriend Max, nine-year-old Amber finds her schoolwork suffering.

While spending Christmas in London with her family, her boyfriend, and his family, fifteen-year-old Kendra finds herself roaming the city in another scavenger hunt, like the one in New York the previous summer.

On her own for the first time, fourteen-year-old Marcy tries to cope with the new people and situations she encounters while working as a counselor at an arts camp.

Five-year-old Jonathon is not pleased when neighbors and relatives come to visit and admire his new baby brother.

Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she despairs of ever being thin, and she is certain she'll never have a date. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around. Then along comes Ms. Finney, an English teacher who will try anything in the classroom, and above all, a teacher who acts human. Marcy has never met anyone like her, and suddenly life in and out of school begins to have a purpose. When Ms. Finney is suspended because of her controversial teaching methods, the school is thrown into an uproar. When Marcy, now out of her shell, helps to organize a protest, she too is suspended. With her mother firmly on her side, her father violently opposed, Marcy mus decide whether her fight for Ms. Finney and the values she stands for is worth the price she must pay at home and in school.

Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

Contains: - [The Cat Ate My Gymsuit]( - There's a Bat Bunk Five

Beetles, lightly toasted -- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- from Anastasia Krupnik -- Lois Lowry -- from Everyone else's parents said yes -- Paul Danziger -- from Bud, not Buddy -- Christopher Paul Curtis -- from Yolanda's genius -- Carol Fenner -- from Dear Mr. Henshaw -- Beverly Cleary -- from In the year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson -- Bette Bao Lord -- from Bridge to Terabithia -- Katherine Paterson -- from Betsy and Tacy go over the big hill -- Maud Hart Lovelace -- from My life as a fifth-grade comedian -- Elizabeth Levy -- from The kid in the red jacket -- by Barbara Park -- from Amy and Laura -- Marilyn Sachs.

Fourth-grader Amber Brown must make some important decisions when her mother and Max move their wedding date up and prepare to buy a house together, while her father makes some bad choices of his own.

Sixth-grader Matthew gets into trouble at home and at school, spars with his older sister, and helps save an elderly friend's property from the hands of a developer.

Contains: - Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? - [Cat Ate my Gymsuit]( - There's a Bat in Bunk Five

Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday.

At the end of third grade, Amber is excited about her trip with her aunt to London and Paris, where she will see her father again, but her plans change when she comes down with chicken pox.

When Frank spends the summer with Kendra and her family in their New York City apartment, a friendship develops as the two teenagers set off on a scavenger hunt exploring the city's museums, restaurants, and other landmarks.

It's Justin Time, Amber Brown What a Trip, Amber Brown You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

At fourteen, Rosie, her mother, her best friend, and her best friend's father form a new family unit and find it takes a lot of work to make a family in a world of changing relationships.

Confused about her life at home and at school, 14-year-old Lauren learns the importance of being her own person.

Now that they live in different cities, thirteen-year-old Tara and Elizabeth use email to "talk" about everything that is occuring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes.

Eleven-year-old Matthew, trying desperately to earn enough to buy a coveted computer program, learns the importance of money and eventually starts his own business. Sequel to "Earth to Matthew."