Lauren Child
23) Say cheese!
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Lola wants to be "tidy and clean" for her first school photo taken with Charlie, but when she's neither her big brother knows what to do to make things right.
30) The goody
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"Chirton Krauss is a good child--the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time, and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is not quite as good. She stays up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's pen, and she drops her cocoa puffs all over the rug. But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides...
33) Pick your poison
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Thirteen-year-old genius and undercover agent Ruby Redfort finds herself dealing with poisonous rumors floating around the community of Twinford that compel her to brush up on her martial arts skills.
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"Ruby Redfort: you can count on her when the ice starts to crack. Falling through the air at 120 miles per hour? Just relax and think fast. But now even Ruby Redfort is running scared. A bunch of people want her dead, and worst of all, one of them is on her team. When your name is first on a mastermind's hit list, do you lock the doors, switch off the lights, and wait for someone else to do something? Or do you get out there and save yourself? If...
36) I want a pet
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A girl tries to select a pet that will not eat her, be a copycat, make too much noise, or leave dirty footprints around the house.
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"Being noticed is what all the members of the Shrimpton family lived for - all except, that is, for Maude. She prefers to blend into the background rather than stand out in a crowd. This is very much to her advantage when they all come face-to-face with a rather hungry tiger ... " -- from cover flap.
39) Feel the fear
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When a ghostly foe begins stealing from the highest buildings in Twinford, Ruby Redfort is ready to defy death one more time to capture the bandit.
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"It is sweltering hot, and Clarice Bean is bored, and boredom can lead to trouble, and trouble can lead to people getting very mad at you. Not good when the person who's mad at you is your sister and she has the thing you want most of all: a pair of roller skates. How can Clarice make things right when there's this dog who won't stop following her around? Doesn't he have a home of his own to go to? She's told him to scram, but he just won't listen....