Caz isn't too keen on her dad's girlfriend at the best of times, so she's not sure how to react when she finds out that her dad's getting married again - and that she's expected to be a bridesmaid! But, as always, her friends manage to cheer her up - after all, it will be an excuse to dress up and look great! Then Caz discovers that the dress her dad's girlfriend wants her to wear is a nightmare...and that her worst enemy Melissa is planning to sneak into the wedding too. Can things get any wors...
Amber Brown Is Green with Envy (Amber Brown, #9)
by Paula Danziger
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.
Jolene is happier now than she has been for ages. She loves Darren, her new stepdad, and her two half brothers, and she's going to spend the summer holidays with Brody, which means hanging out with all her old friends at ZAPS After School Club. The only thing bothering her is her mum, who seems to do nothing but shout and nag at Darren these days. Things are getting so bad that Jolene asks her stepbrothers to go with her. They can hardly wait to get out of the house. But while Jolene and the boy...
What will this cosmic couple cook up next? Nancy Wood’s lively take on how a duo of married chefs got all of us started is magically and hilariously brought to life through Timothy Basil Ering’s extraordinary illustrations. Deep in the heavens, in the space between the clouds, Mr. and Mrs. God are hard at work in their Creation Kitchen. They’ve got frying pans and mixing bowls, beaters and whisks, and an oven big enough to roast a star - which is just what they are doing! After the sun and eart...
Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce (Concept Books (Albert Whitman))
by Cornelia Maude Spelman
"Dragging my book bag down Quince Road on my way back from school, I couldn't help wondering what I might find once I got home. The things in our house were shifting under the hands of Papa's new wife, Lara. I'd go to bed knowing everything in the parlor was snug in its place, then come morning, I'd head downstairs only to discover that the room had changed identities while I slept." Ever since Nissa Bergen's father Ivar remarried, Nissa has felt like a stranger in her own home, clinging to her...
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue (Amber Brown, #7) (Amber Brown (Listening Library))
by Paula Danziger
Amber Brown has always enjoyed being the only kid in school with a two-color name. Until a new girl joins her fourth-grade class -- Kelly Green!
The Adventures of Sal - Two Houses, Two Rooms, One Love
by Andre Ginnane
Granny Frogsbottom and the Triplets (Rainbow Street)
by Nick Rolfe
The Triplets live with their Granny. But she is very old and there is a lot she can't do. She doesn't like the same food or music. She doesn't wear cool clothes. Poor Triplets . . . or are they? Part of the Rainbow Street Series promoting gender awareness, Granny Frogsbottom is a story that questions whether a grandparent can step into the role of main carer. In modern families, many children will compare themselves to so-called traditional families where the mother and father are both present....
There's an autumn chill in the air, but nothing can dampen Abbie's spirits. Her family's business – the Rainbow Beauty parlour – is a sparkling success, and spending time with her friends Ben, Summer and gorgeous Marco, is a dream. But when a swanky new spa starts to steal their customers, the business's fortunes come crashing down and Abbie faces her biggest storm yet. Can she save Rainbow Beauty before it's too late... or is this one wish too far?
When his father runs off with his girlfriend and his distraught mother is admitted to an institution, thirteen-year-old Rits goes to live with his uncle and tries to make the best of his unusual circumstances.
The Comedy of Errors (Sweet Cherry Easy Classics) (20 Shakespeare Children's Stories (Easy Classics))
This is one of the earliest plays written by William Shakespeare. It revolves around two sets of identical twins that were separated at birth. Years later, fate brings them to the same city, and this unleashes the drama caused by mistaken identities.Also available as part of a 20 book set, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tragedy of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Winter's Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Me...
Long Description A dark and captivating story from an award- winning and internationally acclaimed author is given a brand new package. Sarah's mum walked out on her family seven years ago without explanation. Now she lives just a few miles away - but she refuses to see Sarah. Sarah is desperate to know why her mother left, and why she doesn't want to see her now, but mostly she just wants to make her pay for what she did - A tense, atmospheric page-turner from a top teen author. Particularly s...
Filomena makes stunning wedding dresses. When it's time to make her own, she uses all the ideas she's compiled over her years as a seamstress, but the result is so awful, it scares her groom away!