Keiko, Audrey, and Jenna have always been best friends, and Keiko desperately wants it to stay that way, but now they are starting seventh grade, and everything seems to be changing; Audrey is obsessed with the idea of them all securing boyfriends, but when she and Jenna focus on the same boy their friendship starts to break apart--and then Keiko finds herself attracted to Audrey's brother, Conner (who has generally been cast as the enemy), and suddenly...

Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he has plenty enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning until night.

Eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her family are old pros at fostering rescued dogs and cats from the local animal shelter. But they've got their work cut out for them when a beautiful bearded dragon with plenty of attitude arrives at their doorstep. Even though Kaita narrates the rollicking adventure, this charmingly illustrated chapter book is all about Betty!

Annie and Apple are a pair of chatty, restless dwarf hamsters from the animal shelter who are being fostered by eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her family. Kaita can't wait to find forever homes for the inquisitive fur balls, but first she has to find them!

"Tiki the cockatoo is the Takano family's newest foster pet and thanks to her ear-splitting screeching, the entire neighborhood knows it! Eight-year-old Kaita has to pull out all the tricks to keep the feathered squawker calm and content and find Tiki a forever home before everyone goes crazy! Giggle-inducing illustrations and 1st-person narration bring this noisy early chapter-book adventure to life"--

"One by one, all of Buttons' littermates are being adopted. But not Buttons. Noise scares him. Other animals scare him. So do people! How do you make the world's shyest kitten feel safe, so he can find a forever home? That's the big question for eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her pet-fostering family need to answer -- and fast!"-- back cover.

Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.

"One by one, all of Buttons' littermates are being adopted. But not Buttons. Noise scares him. Other animals scare him. So do people! How do you make the world's shyest kitten feel safe, so he can find a forever home? That's the big question for eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her pet-fostering family need to answer -- and fast!"-- back cover.

"A biography of a powerhouse female Japanese chef and her rise to fame"--