Nancy E. Krulik

When best friends Jenny and Addie start sixth grade, Jenny quickly discovers that Addie is interested in joining the Pops, the coolest seventh grade clique in school.

Accident-prone Jar Jar Binks has adventures and mishaps in the Mos Espa marketplace on the planet Tatooine.

Jenny McAfee's friends try to convince Jenny to run for class president against her former best friend, Addie, who is running unopposed with The Pops firmly behind her.

Chomping on his magic bone to escape the cold in his backyard, Sparky is transported to snowy Switzerland, where he befriends a Saint Bernard with a terrible sense of direction who needs his help completing her first rescue mission.

When fourth-grade Katie turns into her unfair track coach, she gives all the members of the team a chance to compete, including the slowest runner in her class.

Katie, who has never cooked a thing alone, switches into Louie the chef at a pizza parlor sponsoring a pizza-eating contest.

Sparky the sheepdog puppy digs up a magic bone that transports him to London, where he makes new friends, sees the sites, and gets into a bit of trouble.

"Sparky is off to Rome! Will he be able to outsmart the cunning Italian cat who has stolen his bone, or will he have to stay in Rome forever?"--

"When Sparky's magic bone blasts him to Tokyo, Japan, he discovers a whole new world--one with karaoke, 'squishy fishy' and sumo wrestlers! His new friend, an Akita named Nanami, guides him around the city, until Sparky loses her in a crowd. But it turnsout Nanami isn't just any Akita. She's the queen of the Ninja Dogs--a fierce group who are convinced that Sparky has kidnapped her"--

Jenny and Addie make a bet over who will raise the most money at the school fundraiser, and both try to get the new girl to join their team.