New Releases by Betsy Haynes

When gorgeous, conceited Taffy Sinclair wins a part on a television soap opera, eleven-year-old Jana''s jealousy skyrockets until she begins to mix television fantasy with real life.

When Katie Shannon is appointed to the new Teen Court at Wakeman Junior High, she discovers that being fair isn''t as easy as she thought it would be.

Telling Taffy''s version of the story about her rivalry with The Fabulous Five, the ninth Taffy Sinclair title opens during the last week of school at Mark Twain Elementary. When Taffy''s diary is removed from her locker, the whole sixth grade learns the truth about her.

Junir high provides new social problems and opportunities for the Fabulous Five.

Melanie talks The Fabulous Five into joining a new modeling school that Taffy Sinclair has described to her. Soon Melanie is spending more time with Taffy than with the Five.

Jana Morgan and her club, The Fabulous Five, set out to uncover the identity of Jana''s secret admirer.

One of five best friends is nominated for seventh-grade president.

Scotti and Lorna are two best friends, each with a secret crush on two different guys. Together they set a boyfriend trap to win the hearts of the boys--but the whole plan backfires.

Jana finds a wallet but decides to return it to where she found it - that''s when Taffy sees her and blackmails her into becoming her personal slave.

A science lesson with a computer turns into a romance machine disaster for Jana Morgan, the envy of every girl in the sixth grade.

Two sixth-grade girls find a baby girl abandoned on the front steps of their school.

Lorna Markham and Scotti Wheeler are next-door neighbors and best friends. And they each share the same problem: their mothers. Lorna''s mother nags her about her schoolwork, wondering why she can''t be more like Scotti. And Scotti''s mother nags her about her eating habits, telling her to follow Lorna''s healthy example. The girls begin to think that, somewhere along the line, they ended up with the wrong mothers. And that gives them a terrific idea. They''ll swap mothers! What could be more perfect? Both mothers agree, and soon Laura and Scotti are on a great new adventure with each other''s families. Until a surprising thing happens--they each begin to suspect they''ve made a big mistake.

Embarrassing moments at school and home show a young girl that everyone has faults, some that others can''t accept.

Unhappy after his family''s move, Neil finds himself more and more drawn to Jeremy Pimm and his eerie mansion until the sinister shadows of the house threaten to control him entirely.

Charley''s summer at the beach promises to be uneventful until the ghost of a sailor who died in 1712 persuades him to help dig for buried treasure.

A fourteen-year-old boy who signs on with the Continental Army is utilized as a spy in the Long Island Sound area to foil the progress of the British.

Relates the trials of a thirteen-year-old slave girl at the beginning of the Civil War.