I am never falling in love again! It hurts too much.
Mary Anne took a deep breath, then she let Claudia have it, screamed at her, threw the easel to the floor and dumped plaster of paris on her head. Actually, that was what I would've done, but not Mary...
In a few days, I'll be hitting the surf Down Under. Maybe you'll get there, too, someday. You'd like it, Kelea. He smiled at me. You know, I'm kind of a loner. I've never been used to having friends....
Dear Reader, In Claudia and Crazy Peaches, we get to know Aunt Peaches better, and to see the special relationship Claudia has with her aunt. I have three aunts — Aunt Adele, Aunt Martha, and Aunt Mer...
An average person has an IQ of 100. An above-average person has an IQ of 120 to 140. A person with an IQ of 150 is considered a genius. Janine’s IQ is 196. Sometimes
Abby had known Orrin since they were five, but she had fallen in love with him three months earlier, toward the end of second grade.
Into our house? (Don’t expect me to know. I was fast asleep.) When I’d finally staggered downstairs on Sunday morning, I’d found three messages from Mary Anne on the answering machine. Message one was...
Oh, easy, said Janine. It was George Herman. That’s it. I won! Cheater! I cried. You looked! You must have looked! I did not, Janine retorted. I just knew it. Nerd! Janine slammed the board shut and w...
It hadn’t really occurred to me that the Pike girls would be competing against each other. What if one of them did win the pageant? The other would lose not just to strangers or even friends, but to h...
I remembered that Stacey was wearing a matching top and skirt made of gray sweatshirt material with big yellow number tens all over it. Her hair was pinned back with clips shaped like rainbows. Little...
I really loved this book. I did for a school book report last year and I really got into it I just couldnt take my eyes of! You really absolutley need to read this book!
I put my head in my hands. Neither Claire nor Margo was going to win.Hey, said Claudia, don’t feel too bad. At least your contestants stuck it out.I wanted one of them to win something, though. I want...
I looked at Andrew and at Nannie. I loved them and the rest of my family very much. I loved my friends too. For now that was enough love for me.
I can't wait, Mom! Exclaimed Marc, but I could tell he wasn't feeling as excited as he wanted his parents to think he was. I know because I've done that with my parents. Sometimes you have to protect...
Did you do something crazy, like cut it all off? Well, I said, not all. But it’s real short, right? Yeah, but — Why did you do it?
Big Trouble
At the beginning of my illness, hospital visits couldn’t be avoided. I needed tests, I had to have my diet and insulin regulated, and once I fainted at school and went into insulin shock and the ambul...
Are you going to talk about boys? Sarah laughed. What boys? Any boys. No. We’re talking about what we want for Christmas. I want a dog, said Rose, hurrying to Abby’s side. A sister, said Sarah. Poetry...
Why am I the only Thomas kid who acts her age?) Ignoring his obnoxious comment, I pressed the receiver to my ear and tried to listen. House of Wiley? asked Mary Anne. (That’s what it sounded like. It...
Them. They’re all members of the Baby-sitters Club (more about that later), and I’m their president, so bossiness is just part of the deal. Period. Here are the other vital facts about me: I’m thirtee...