Dyan Sheldon

"Hildy has only had two-and-a-half dates in her whole life, and she isn't counting the half. It's starting to look as if she's never going to have a third date, or be kissed, or know a boy who is more than just a friend. Then, on an ordinary day, she meets Connor of the melt-that-ice-cap smile-- and a summer that was going to be ordinary as toast turns into Hildy's summer of love. But love for Hildy is a little more complicated than the songs and...

High school classmates Gracie and Savanna are total opposites and best friends, until Savanna's lying and manipulative behavior begin to bother Gracie, who wonders if it is time she started thinking for herself.

Although he falls for Jena the first time he sees her, Josh cannot bring himself to tell her his real feelings once they become good friends. Josh is usually watching old movies with his friends Sal and Carver, petitioning for more vegetarian options in the school cafeteria, or flailing in yoga class with his best friend Ramona. But when new girl Jena walks into school, Josh loses his heart faster than he's ever lost his balance on a double downward...

No one else in Dan's class believes him when he says that he has seen a unicorn, until his story captures their imaginations.

When a witch boards the bus at Paddington Station, wonderful, magical things happen to the tired and grumpy riders.

Sixteen-year-old Janet Bandry keeps a diary as she deals with an annoying family, school, a quirky best friend, and trying to find herself through vegetarianism, literature, romance, and her "Dark Phase."

La abuela de Lily le cuenta la historia de un océano poblado de ballenas grandes, apacibles, y quizás mágicas. Lily espera con paciencia la oportunidad de verlas y escuchar a sus canciones. Enthralled by her grandmother's story of seeing and hearing whales singing in the sea long ago, Lilly hopes to see them herself and to hear their mysterious songs.

When confronted by bullies, nine-year-old Adam wishes he could ask his older brother for help but is not sure that Keith will come through for him.

Despite her uncle's ridicule, Lily dreams about her grandmother's tale of whales' singing, and wants to witness the event herself.

Having taken a break from the "Dark Phase" of her life, Janet records in her diary the trials and tribulations that occur as she finds a summer job, witnesses the changes in her mother and best friend as they fall in love, and approaches her own seventeenth birthday.