JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING.... UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING. When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound o[...]
In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being.
Eleven-year-old Kate Faber wishes she could talk to her best friend Marylin about this. But Marylin is no longer her best friend. O[...]
When best friends Kate and Marylin find themselves going down different paths in life, their friendship comes to an abrupt halt, but when they begin to miss one another, neither of the girls seem to know exactly how to repair the damage that has been done. Jr Lib Guild. Reprint.[...]
From bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell, a "funny and winning" (Kirkus Reviews) "tale of one teen's quest for normalcy--and the much more exciting detours she takes along the way.
Janie Gorman is smart and creative and a little bit funky...but what she really wants to be is normal. Becaus[...]