Patricia Hermes

When Emma and her brothers and sisters want to get a kitten and another ferret, and Emma wants their nanny to be the chaperone on her soccer team trip instead of her mother, the children decide to go on strike to try to force their parents to meet their demands.

Christmas is just around the corner, and Katie Potts can't seem to stop causing trouble at school. Even her best friend, Amelia, is mad at her! Daddy keeps telling her she's a good girl. But Katie wonders if he's right, and if Santa Claus will bring presents to someone like her.

To prove to her parents that she is grown up enough to babysit, Alex tries to stay out of trouble for two weeks.

Terrified that the death of the grandmother who was their guardian will separate them, twelve-year-old Mark decides to run away with his retarded younger brother.