Maggie Diary 2 (California Diaries series) by Ann M. Martin

This book is about a girl losing weight. Her name is Maggie Blume and she is 13 years old. She starts a journal and writes down every bite that she puts in her mouth. She wants to go on this diet because she thinks she's fat. Her dad is a producer for a movie called "Never". She has a job reviewing the scripts but she hates her job (and his latest movie). She gets a call from her band "Vanish", they want to rehearse because it's been a long time since they had rehearsed. Basically this is a story about the difficulties of growing up. There are lots of characters. It is written so that you have to read the next book in the series and meet the other characters and their problems.

Savvy by Ingrid Law

Savvy is the Newbery Honor book for 2010. It is a fantasy about a family who has special powers that arrive on their thirteenth birthday. Mibs is the main character. She is super excited to be turning 13 and can't wait to discover her "savvy". She has a mom who is perfect, a brother who causes hurricanes and another brother who creates electricity. Her father (who doesn't have a savvy) gets into a terrible accident and Mibs is hoping that her savvy will help save him. She sneaks onto a bus with her two brothers and the preacher's children to go to her father who is in a hospital 2 hours away. Read the book and find out if Mibs savvy can help her father and if she is able to get to him in time!

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Grim Hill the Forgotten Secret (Book 3)

This book is part of a four book series about evil fairies who live inside Grim Hill. Cat just wants to live a normal life but thats impossible in this town. The soccer team isn't doing well so they have to learn ballroom dancing. Cat plans a Valentines dance and wants to get this really cool dress but it costs $107. Cat puts up signs saying she is willing to do some comunity service to earn some money to buy the dress. The first people who called were Alice and Lucinda. They asked her to help load up some boxes from their garage. Cat found a valentine that Lucinda had kept for 70 years. Can Cat piece together the mystery behind the 'sweetheart fairy' and the evil banshee?