Description: "No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on-twelve
would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to
adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of
friends. Everything is changing. And there are some things about growing up
that are hard to talk about, even with your best friends. So Margaret finds
someone else to talk to.
"Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I can't wait until two o'clock
God. That's when our dance starts. Do you think I'll get Philip Leroy for a
partner? It's not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he's
very handsome. And I'd love to dance with him...just once or twice. Thank
you God."
Iggie's House
Description: "Iggie's house just wasn't the same. Iggie was gone, moved to
Tokyo. And there was Winnie, creacking her gum on Grove Street, where she'd
always lived, with no more best friend and two weeks left of summer.
"Then the Garber family moved into Iggie's house - two boys, Glenn and Herbie,
and Tina, their little sister. The Garbers were black and Grove Street was
white and always had been. Winnie, a welcoming committee of one, set out to
make a good impression and be a good neighbor. That's why the trouble
started.
"Glenn and Herbie and Tina didn't want a 'good neighbor.' They wanted a
friend."
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
Description: "Look out, Florida. Here comes Sally J. Freedman!
"When her family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947 because of her
brother's health, Sally is excited and nervous at the same time. It will be a
new adventure, but how often will she see her father, who has to stay in New
Jersey to work? What will school be like in Florida, and how will she make
new friends?
"These worries won't stop Sally from creating her wonderful stories. One
minute she's a famous movie star or a brilliant detective, the next she's
found the Latin lover of her dreams - her classmate Peter Hornstein.
"Sally's imagination keeps her happy and busy, but there is a lingering
shadow. Thoughts of the recent war are hard to escape, and they can sometimes
turn Sally's daydreams into nightmares."
Then Again, Maybe I Won't
Description: "Ever since his father got rich from his invention and the family
moved from Jersey City to a posh community on Long Island, thirteen-year-old
Tony Miglione had had nothing but problems. There was his friend Joel, who
Tony knew was a shoplifter. And there was Joel's sixteen-year-old sister,
Lisa, who got undressed every night without pulling down her shades. Having a
lot of money brought problems, too. The new maid exiled Grandma from the
kitchen, and Tony's mother was becoming a social-climbing phoney. On top of
all that, there were the growing-up problems that all boys must face. And if
his parents and friends knew what Tony thought about the whole business,
they'd probably flip."
