Rachel Vail

Fourteen-year-old Charlie feels guilty because she has a crush on her best friend's boyfriend, and her loyalties become even more confused when she discovers that her mother is dating the boyfriend's father.

Ninth-grader Allison has always been the least attractive among her sisters, but when she allows the devil to possess her cell phone in exchange for appearing to be gorgeous, she must confront the power and deceptiveness of appearances.

Liam is a piglet who wants to be the Easter Bunny when he grows up, but no one believes he can do it until, with a lot of practice and some help from his grandparents, he shows them all.

When other girls in her school have cat ears on their headbands, Elizabeth decides she must have one too. Cat ears on your headband is not the only way to look great. But it is a very good way. Mallory has glitter folders and bright orange sneakers and a huge pink eraser. And Mallory has cat ears on her headband. Then Anna comes to school with cat ears on her headband, too. Everybody loves how they look in those cat-ear headbands. Especially Elizabeth....

"Elizabeth, the second-grade sister of Justin Case, is excited about her first homework assignment but it leads her to start a protest of alphabetical order." -- Provided by publisher.

Hiram Diddle Diddle and a violin-playing cat encourage a cow to keep jumping until she makes it OVER the moon.

Readers first met Katie Honors in Rachel and Yumi's “Sometimes I'm Bombaloo and Jibberwillies at Night”. Now Katie is back as she deals with feeling "flabbersmashed" by her best friend, who suddenly wants to be friends with another kid. We've all been flabbersmashed by a friend-left out of an activity or secret, left to feel sorry for ourselves, or move on. Will Katie ever stop feeling left out?

Josie is independent, fierce, and does not care what anyone thinks about her, especially where guys are concerned. She may flirt with them, and even kiss them, but it doesn't mean anything, not even with Michael. He's more like a friend-with-benefits.So who can explain what happens when Carson Gold decides he's interested in her? Carson Gold, the hottest senior, the one everyone secretly watches. At first Josie treats him the same way she treats everybody...

"Morgan's life hasn't been easy. Her father left her family when she was little, and ever since, she's kept her emotions inside by showing how tough she can be on the outside. But when her best friend CJ dumps her for the popular Zoe Grandon, Morgan can't handle the humiliation. She always thought hiding her feelings would protect her from getting hurt. But maybe the opposite is what she really needs." --Page [4] cover.

"Katie Honors is a really brave kid. She can go to bed with just one small night light. She can hold her tears in when it's time to say goodbye to her mom at school. But sometimes Katie isn't ready to say goodbye and doesn't feel brave at all. When this happens, she Kaplooms! She refuses to let go of her mom, and everything is flurried as she begins to cry. Her emotions feel frightening. It's not the Katie Honors she wants to be. But her mother assures...