New Releases by Ellen Conford

Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, and plunges her house into the real estate market.

Annabel gets a lead role in the camp play, but things don''t go exactly as rehearsed.

When Annabel the Actress is offered a part in a real play, a drooly canine for a costar is not exactly what she had in mind. Illustrations.

When she learns that a famous director is making a movie in her home town, 10-year-old Annabel is determined to get a part.

When she learns that a famous director is making a movie in her home town, ten-year-old Annabel is determined to get a part in it.

" Mon père soigne beaucoup sa tenue. Ses vêtements sentent bon le frais et sont toujours bien repassés. Le seul problème, c''est qu''il lui arrive de s''énerver, et sa poitrine se gonfle, encore et encore, et parfois un bouton de sa chemise se détache et part vers le plafond. Mais il ne manque jamais de dire : " Je vous prie de m''excuser " Le père de Bradley est le meilleur papa du monde. Seulement, il ne passe pas inaperçu... Sauf pendant la nuit d''Halloween !

Bradley Fentriss keeps an account of life with his loving, if somewhat unusual father.

Norman is temporarily distracted from his suspicions about his sister, the Evil Elaine, when his imagination runs wild with worries about a werewolf in the neighborhood.

Norman is sure that his sister Elaine, an aspiring actress, is really a witch who is casting evil spells on him and his classmate Milo.

A collection of seven humorous stories reflecting the ups and downs of teenage love and life.

To earn money for her college tuition, Holly, a formerly rich seventeen-year-old, foregoes a summer of shopping to work for two elderly sisters on Harmony Island.

No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best friend who has moved to Australia, so when twin boys move into the empty house next door, the war is on.

When Jean finds a wish-granting genie in the lamp she receives for her birthday, she discovers that having all her wishes come true isn''t so wonderful as she thinks it will be.

Self-conscious about her height and despairing of ever finding a romantic companion, Stephanie begins a school project to analyze love and makes some surprising discoveries.

After reading three mysteries in a row, Jenny becomes convinced that the neighbors across the street are up to no good and decides to investigate.

A young girl learns that winning and getting along with people is often more than a matter of luck.

Fourteen-year-old Hobie, hoping to sweep women off their feet in the manner of his spy novel hero, runs into complications when he encounters a girl who has studied the bestseller, "How to Make Men Crazy."

Relates the experiences of 13-year-old Melanie as she tries to cope with the traumas and pleasures of her first year at summer camp.

A sixteen-year-old in Kansas, who discovers she is really a princess, is taken to a tiny European monarchy to assume her duties and marry a distasteful neighboring prince, and in the ensuing weeks tries to become such a royal pain that everyone will want to be rid of her.

Kate''s favorite soap opera star, Brick Preston, quits his starring role on TV to return to high school, and ends up in Kate''s algebra class.

Nine short stories explore the trials and tribulations of teenage life.

Eleven-year-old Lenny wants to become the world''s greatest stand-up comic, but with an enemy like Mousie he wonders if he''ll have any future at all.