Diana G Gallagher

Dealing with a little stepsister is never easy, but Monica has her hands full with Angela, and nothing will ever go right when she tags along.

Monica is torn between rooting for her school's football team and the team that her friend Rory plays for. Things get complicated when she is asked to be a substitute rider in the rival team's parade.

Monica and her Rock River Stables friends are headed on a trail ride for the weekend. But from the start, things go wrong: Monica's horse can't go, so she has to ride an old pony. The snobby horse owners are making fun of everyone, as usual, and bossing Rory around. And worst of all, a really annoying kid from another town has started hanging around Monica and Chloe. Will the trail ride be able to find its way back on track?

After Claudia is asked to be a junior bridesmaid for her cousin Laura, she goes online to find information about weddings. But after she arrives at Laura's house everything goes wrong, and Claudia wonders if she is going to bring bad luck to the wedding.

Thirteen-year-old Monica and her friend Chloe meet a young cowboy and his friends while on a trip to Kansas City with Monica's stepfather.

Claudia and her friends support each other and have loads of fun together, but they don't always get along, and when they argue, they are miserable. Claudia always tries to fight fair and remember that her friends are some of the most important people in her life. Her advice can help anyone become a better friend.

When Claudia's friend Peter runs for class president, Claudia agrees to be his campaign manager and is upset when Peter's opponents begin playing dirty.

It is almost Halloween and Claudia and Monica are torn over which party to attend--and whether their friendship will be strained if they do not both get invitations to the same cool party.

When Claudia's family decides to put a pool in their backyard, she is torn because her tree house tree would have to be cut down to make room for it. The dilemma complicates her life even more until she decides to find an alternative pool plan that would accommodate both the pool and the tree. Includes a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

It seems as if the Whatever Club is doomed when Adam insists on joining, then wants to play baseball or video games instead of reading magazines and doing other things thirteen-year-old Claudia and her girlfriends are used to doing.