(Harper & Row, 1988)
Sixteen-year-old Franny Yeager, the “good girl” of the family, tries to hide her burgeoning love for a Japanese-American boy since her father is rabidly anti-Japanese. Complicating matters is the illness of her beloved grandmother with whom she shares a room. Published in Great Britain by Pan Macmillan.
(Four Winds Press, 1987)
Three sisters, forced to spend the summer with their grandparents whom they don’t like, decide to form the Lightey Club. At each meeting, Henny, the oldest sister, recounts a new tale about Lightey the Lightning Bug and his insect pals. Henny’s stories help change a bad vacation into a magical one.
Illustrations by Kathryn Brown.
(Harper & Row, 1987)
Sixteen-year-old Bart Hawkins, star quarterback, learns that his house is haunted when Millicent, a sixteen-year-old “spokespook” for nine other ghosts, asks his help in ridding the place of a new and obnoxious poltergeist. With her help, Bart, who has been hiding his brains and love of reading, learns to be truthful about himself to his friends and his girlfriend.
(Scholastic, 1987)
Mitzi is afraid of everything until a “psychic” named Madame Blini tells her that she was Queen Boadicea in a past life.
(Harper & Row, 1986)
Lizzie’s latest obsession, in this sequel to Tarantulas on the Brain, is Robin Hood, leading to some misadventures at a Medieval Faire. In addition, to keep her best friend Tessa from going off to music school without her, Lizzie tries to learn the harp, with less than satisfactory results.
Illustrations by Miriam Nerlove.
(Holt, 1986)
Did the wealthy Carlotta Bucks really leave all her money to a cat? Sam will find out.
Illustrations by Andrew Glass.
(Prentice-Hall, 1981)
Everything you ever wanted to know about the allium family.
Illustrations by Marian Parry.
(HarperCollins, 1978)
Eleven-year-old Ellie Simon is going to have heart surgery. The novel tells of her stay in the hospital, the people she meets, and how she gets through this difficult time.
Illustrations by Leigh Grant.
(Dutton, 1978)
Rachel tries different plans to get people to notice her.
Illustrated by Steven Kellogg.
(Dutton, 1977)
Ruthie Zeiler, fourteen-year-old poet and singer, and her friend, Laurie, have always been a duo. But when Laurie’s stage mother makes other plans, their friendship is tested to the limit.
(Dutton, 1976)
Konrad refuses to believe that he is a dog. Abigail, a little girl, goes along with him until mayhem ensues.
Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli.
