Daisy's mother tries everything to make her stubborn daughter eat peas, including a promise to buy a zoo or chocolate factory, until they finally reach a compromise.

Daisy's plan to become a spy falls apart when no one understands her spy language.

While running errands with her mother, a young girl who likes to dress as a cowgirl tries to be helpful but her efforts always seem to backfire.

Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.

When her mother, who sells Beauty & the Bee cosmetics and drives a Beemobile, surprises soon-to-be a sixth-grader Anthoni with a trip to the Showboat Resort, Anthoni plans to finally make a "True Blue Friend."

Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels disrespected because she is the youngest in the family.

Spunky third-grader Sunny Holiday tries to make the best out of every situation, and even though her father is in prison, she and her mother count their blessings and manage to find joy in every day.

In 1963 at a Maine summer camp, fourteen-year-old Amy Becker is forced to face the camp bully, Rory, family secrets revealed by her cousin Robin, and worry about having to leave her mentally challenged brother with their cold, harsh mother.

After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.

While her mother is getting her own hair done, Minji tries out every step of the process on the dog, using the articles at hand--including ice cream for hair dye.