A Positive Attitude makes a Powerful Mind.
They were just passing the Evanses’ house, Rose making gruesome faces in case they were spying out their windows, when Abby felt someone take her elbow, and she turned to find Zander Burley, his arm n...
She was wearing a wonderful Claudia outfit — a purple-and-white striped bodysuit under a gray jumper-thing. The legs of the bodysuit stretched all the way to her ankles, but she was wearing purple pus...
Our clients depend on us, I shot back. That's why they keep calling back. Our motto was, one call, seven sitters, remember? Not one call, four or five sitters who bothered to show up and a couple of o...
Maybe not all boys were pains, just American boys.
It's over. I can't believe it. Back to boring old life.
If you could change one thing about this world, what would it be? Mrs. Peabody asked her.It would be wars, Myriah replied seriously. I would stop them. I would say to the people who were making the wa...
I thought for a moment. I did want the job. It sounded like fun, and I needed some fun. I didn’t want to cause any more problems among us sitters, though. On the other hand, this might be my chance to...
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another.--Mallory Pike
Big Trouble
Jessi is the only black student in the sixth grade),
Me for anything
Example of one of the big differences between Kristy and me. I was wearing a very short pink cotton dress, white tights, and black ballet slippers. I had swept all of my hair way over to one side, whe...
Toledo. In Ohio, Dad added when the city didn’t seem to register with Jeff. Toledo. In Ohio, Dad added when the city didn’t seem to register with Jeff.
On Claud, though, the look is very cool.) For example, today she was wearing a neon green tank top under a white oversized man’s shirt and fuschia pink stirrup pants. The shirt was rolled at the sleev...
Mary Anne is a real worrywart. Not to mention shynesswart and politenesswart. The teeniest things can make her cry, too — movies, books, you name it. Whisper the words Old Yeller to her and watch her...
In a moment a fussy-looking woman came down the stairs. Do you know what I mean by fussy? I mean, everything about her was too much and too cute. She was wearing two necklaces, a pin, bracelets on eac...
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
I felt like a fool. A rotten sitter. Kristy the Careless. Everyone in town was going to see Jackie with his cane. Of course they would ask what happened and they'd find out the truth. He'd been left u...
Shook my head. Then, tears welling up in my eyes, I fled down the hall to the lounge and sat in front of the soda machines until it was time to go home.