Mallory couldn't imagine not being in a big family like hers. There's always someone to do things with, and she likes to help take care of her younger brothers and sisters. But now Mallory's working on an important writing project, and she needs peace and quiet. So why won't everyone leave her alone? Nicky needs help tying his shoes, Claire wants a sandwich, and someone has to break up the fight among the triplets. Mallory feels like a baby-sitting slave. And there's only one thing to do: This Baby-sitter is going on strike!
Recently enlisted by her former baby-sitters as the newest member of their club, Mallory resents their overly critical appraisals of her first jobs and decides to form her own sitter service with her best friend, Jesse.
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids | 21 July 2009
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Mallory McDonald is turning nine! And she is ready to celebrate getting the past year over--one troubled with moving, starting a new school, making new friends, and sibling rivalry. Mallory wants her ninth birthday to be extra special. So instead of celebrating just one day, she plans an entire "birth month" celebration. But soon, things aren't going according to plan, and Mallory fears that being nine may be just as difficult as being eight.
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Kids | 7 June 2009
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Mallory McDonald has her eye on the perfect purse, but it's too expensive and Mallory's mom is not buying! So Mallory comes up with the perfect plan to get the perfect purse. She'll just start a business! Yet starting a business isn't as easy as it seems. Mallory finally earns enough to buy what she wants. But if her business is such as success, why does Mallory feel like such a failure? Reading level: Ages 9-12
At the start of every chapter in this charming Regency title are lines from English folk songs. And like these songs, the romance between Mallory Edwards and John Barron is at times quaint, humorous, ironic, touching, and heroic. Mallory`s family has always owned Craige Castle, so when financial circumstances require that Mallory marry to keep the Castle in the family, she does so out of duty. Young and inexperienced, she is willing to take her mother`s advice about relationships...
