Susan Beth Pfeffer
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
To annoy her older sister Thea, satisfy her own ego, and raise much-needed funds for her sick younger sister, sixteen-year-old Claire, a past master at deceit and manipulation, uses a boy in love with Thea to delve into ugly secrets in the past.
6) Amy's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Because she desperately wants to have her picture taken, ten-year-old Amy finds a way to accumulate the necessary five dollars but then decides to spend it in another way.
7) Jo's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy aunt offers to adopt one of the March girls, ten-year-old Jo decides the best thing to do is sacrifice herself.
8) Meg's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Meg receives an invitation to a friend's picnic but Jo does not, Meg must decide whether to decline out of loyalty to her sister or to follow her heart and attend.
9) Beth's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Relates ten-year-old Beth's exciting trip to pre-Civil War New York City with Marmee and Father.
11) A gift for Beth
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Beth March receives a mysterious, but welcome, gift of new sheet music for the piano.
13) Blood wounds
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Willa seems to have a perfect life as a member of a loving blended family until the estranged father she barely remembers murders his wife and children, then heads toward Willa and her mother.
17) The pizza puzzle
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Distracted by her worries that her parents may get a divorce, Taryn gets in trouble with her seventh-grade English teacher and is caught up in an increasingly complicated series of lies.
18) Twin surprises
Author
Series
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Relates Betsy's humorous efforts to keep a surprise birthday party for her twin sister a secret.
19) Just between us
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1980
Language
English
Description
By becoming the subject of her mother's experiment for a class in behavior modification, Cass learns how to keep a secret. Then she learns a secret that traps her in a no-win situation between two friends.