When Kristy Thomas's mother decides to get married again, Kristy and her friends in the Baby-sitters Club have to cope with all the small children that her family and friends are bringing to the wedding. When Kristy Thomas' mother decides to get married again, Kristy and her friends in the Baby-sitters Club have to cope with all the small children that her family and friends are bringing to the wedding.

"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource"--

Dana is Abby and Zander's daughter, but growing up in New York City in the late nineteen fifties is not always easy, especially when you would like your own room separate from your twin sister--and when your beloved father dies and you are forced to move things just get worse.

In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.

Maggie's got an eating disorder, and it's getting worse.

"Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families journey far from home"--

Adventures of a family with eleven children as they summer on the beach at Fire Island.

Ducky McCrae not only has to figure out where he fits in at school, but he also must figure out the right way to help his severely depressed friend Alex. Ducky's best friends used to be Jay and Alex, but now he's not so sure. Jay is a slave to coolness, and he and Alex are taking paths that Ducky doesn't want to follow.

With a unique diary page design, the "California Diaries" series is an intimate look at preteen life in the '90's. Amalia Vargas is the new girl in school, and she's fitting right in. With a new group of friends, living by a new set of rules, Amalia's life is spinning in a whole new direction- especially when her boyfriend won't let her break up with him.

Feeling isolated as the only African American in her sixth grade class, Jessi gains a sense of belonging by participating in the Baby-sitters Club, learning sign language in order to communicate with a deaf child, and dancing in a ballet.