Yuma Public Library

Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.

Jamie tries to convince her Dad that she doesn't need to learn math. That's at least one of the things she journals about in her Year Two diary.

A small girl's favorite plush toy seems to be responsible for the mischievous "accidents" that begin occurring when a new baby brother joins the household.

Becky is sure that she can win an endurance challenge on her mother's horse, Windy, with the help of her friend Rob, but when Rob is distracted by another racer, the competition suddenly becomes very fierce.

When a new girl arrives at school, Kirsten is jealous, completely forgetting how scared and lonely she felt the year before when she was the new girl in school. Gives instructions for making a friendship pillow like those made in the 1850s.

Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates the fire seventeen years earlier which claimed the lives of the husband and infant son of a school cafeteria worker, as well as the handsome young man whose ghost asks Allie for help.

Jealousy and envy sparked by the arrival of a new boy at school, cause problems for five best friends known as the English Roses.

"There's nothing that makes Charlie's soul rejoice more than naps and bacon. But when his daily routine of eating and sleeping is interrupted by a new baby calf, Abigail, Charlie is not happy! Things go from bad to worse when Charlie sees everyone rubbing Abigail's belly--instead of his; feeding her--instead of him; and tucking Abigail in at the end of the day--in Charlie's bed. Will Charlie be able to adjust to the new addition?"--Publisher's description....

While Meg is in New York wishing to be with her friends at the Calgary Stampede, Alison enjoys her newly discovered rodeo talents while Beckey attempts to tame wild horse Shadow.