Carolyn Haywood

Eddie doesn't want to play anything but ball, but when the school starts an orchestra, he decides to learn something fast so that he can join too.

Eddie can't stand it when the new boy next door turns out to be a girl--a girl who's an even more determined collector of "valuable properties" and other assorted junk than he is.

Spending the summer in the country with her grandparents, five-year-old Star has a chance to make friends with raccoons, swans,and other animals both domestic and wild.