New Releases by Betsy Haynes

Having made a TV movie in Hollywood, Taffy Sinclair comes back to Wakeman Junior High. But life seems pretty ordinary after the movie set, and Taffy can''t help feeling different. Then she learns that the TV movie will become a prime-time series and the producer wants her to play the star.

Melanie receives two invitations to the Valentine dance at school. Will she wind up with the right Valentine?

The Five face the biggest test of their friendship when Christie''s father gets transferred to London and Christie and her family moves along with him.

Christie has never received a poor grade in her life--until she moves to London and winds up in Miss Finney''s science class. Now Christie is getting Ds on her assignments and she can''t figure out why. She decides the annual science competition is her only chance to prove herself to Miss Finney, but will her project be judged fairly as long as she''s Miss Finney''s scapegoat?

Beth uses Shawnie''s credit card to buy new clothes to wear on Wakeman Junior High''s new cable TV show, and soon her debt becomes larger than ever.

When Jana has an argument with her four best friends, she acts friendly toward the hated Taffy Sinclair in order to get back at them.

Seventh Grade Rumors))The Trouble with Flirting))The Popularity Trap))Her Honor, Katie Shannon))The Bragging War))5 Vols.

When Wakeman Junior High is vandalized, Beth Barry''s idea of auctioning off celebrities'' belongings to raise money to repair the damage is met with resistance.

When Melanie''s dad wins a free trip to the Caribbean, Melanie invites the rest of The Fabulous Five to come along. When they arrive in Barbados, each of the girls has a crush on the entertainer Marco Montavo.

Beth Barry gives the audition of her life when she tries out for Wakeman Junior High''s Halloween variety show, and she is devastated when Laura McCall, the snooty leader of the Fantastic Foursome is chosen to play the beautiful witch while Beth is cast as the warty old hag.

When Melanie Edward''s mother decides to start a teen taxi service for students at Wakefield Junior High, Melanie is horrified. Not only is she going to be the laughtingstock of the school, but because she has to ride along, her social life will be ruined.

Working on the homework hot line is no longer fun for Christie Winchell when a mysterious seventh grade boy starts calling to brag about pranks he is going to pull.

A group of five friends seem to be growing apart after starting junior high school.

Taffy has just landed the role in the TV movie about a beautiful girl whose life at school is made miserable by friends who despise her.

While working on a genealogy project of family living class, Melanie uncovers a shocking secret about her past.

Inspired by the discovery of a time capsule buried in 1918 by a budding thirteen-year-old feminist, and by the membership of her boyfriend in a boys-only club, Katie Shannon sets out to teach her peers a lesson in gender equality.

Jana and her boyfriend Randy are competing in a popularity contest together. She also seems to be the object of seventh-grade bully Geena.

Katie Shannon''s mother turns to Katie for advice, and disaster strikes. What worked for Katie in her own romance with Tony Calcaterra turns into a fiasco for her mother.

Shawnie Pendergast runs away from home and wants to hide out in Katie Shannon''s house.

Jana Morgan''s suspicions that Laura McCall wants to steal her boyfriend, Randy Kirwan, gets both her and Randy in the hospital.

When Beth tells her boyfriend, Keith, that she''s busy with rehearsals for the school play, he starts going out with Christie, one of her best friends.

Christie is too busy to go steady with anyone. But can she convince Jon that a boy and girl can be best friends without getting serious?

While at the animal shelter searching for a puppy for Christmas, Melanie Edwards discovers that all of the older animals will be put to sleep if they aren''t adopted by Christmas Eve.

When snooty Laura McCall begins bragging about her big slumber party and invites everyone but The Fabulous Five, Beth decides to launch a countercampaign.

When her seventh-grade friends in the Fabulous Five seem to be ignoring her, Melanie tries to prove how popular she is.

Jana wonders if she can really trust her old enemy Taffy, who now says she wants to be friends.