#02 Back to School, Mallory

#02 Back to School, Mallory
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1575058413

Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation) she has to go back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She s the new music teacher, and Mallory can t think of anything that could possibly be worse until her first day. She has to sit with Pamela, who always says the right thing and steals her ideas. Joey is so busy with his old friends that he has no time for her, and to top it off, she s picked to be an eggplant in the Fall Festival her mom is putting on. It s not fair! What can Mallory do? Should she give Pamela, and her new school, another chance?

Happy Birthday, Mallory!

Happy Birthday, Mallory!
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467733695

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.

Happy New Year, Mallory!

Happy New Year, Mallory!
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467727326

It's New Year's Eve and Mallory can't wait to celebrate! Her camp friends are coming to Fern Falls and she and Mary Ann have planned out every last detail for a perfect winter reunion and New Year's Eve party. But what Mallory hadn't planned on is getting sick. Poor Mallory has to ring in the New Year in the hospital instead of at home with her friends and family. Mallory thinks she's missing out on all the fun. Is this the beginning of the worst year ever, or is Mallory in for a big New Year’s surprise?

Mallory's Super Sleepover

Mallory's Super Sleepover
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467727407

Mallory is turning 10, and she's planning a super sleepover! To celebrate her tenth birthday, Mallory wants to have the most super sleepover celebration ever! Mallory plans out everything to the last detail. As long as she promises not to let the fun get out of control, her parents agree to letting her friends sleep over. But Mallory’s best friend, Mary Ann, has her own ideas about what a super sleepover party should include. Before Mallory can put a stop to things, uninvited guests show up, a water balloon fight gets out of hand, and a good friend has her feelings hurt. How did a super sleepover turn into such a super mess?

In Business with Mallory

In Business with Mallory
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467733717

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?

Mallory vs. Max

Mallory vs. Max
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467733679

Spunky, eight-year-old Mallory McDonald is very unhappy when her parents decide to get her older brother Max a dog. Why would her parents agree to such a thing? Dogs are smelly and bark and chew on things. Plus, they already have a perfectly good cat, Cheeseburger. When they finally get the puppy, it’s worse than Mallory imagined. Everyone loves Champ and he and Max are getting all of the attention. Poor Mallory—now everyone’s mad at her. What should she do?

Mallory Makes a Difference

Mallory Makes a Difference
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512467731

Mallory has just had the worst Halloween ever, and she's determined to make the next holiday better. She decides the best way to make Thanksgiving a success is to do something that makes other people happy, not just herself. So she starts a food drive at school. The plan is to make sure families in need get a tasty Thanksgiving meal. And Mallory has an idea to get all of her classmates involved: the grade that brings in the most cans will get a week without homework! But when things start to go wrong, will Mallory's plan for a happy Thanksgiving be ruined?

Game Time, Mallory!

Game Time, Mallory!
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467777064

Mallory can't wait to play in her town's new girls' basketball league! What could be more fun than trying something new and being on a team? But Mallory's basketball career gets off to a rocky start. None of her friends are on her team. And no matter how much she tries, she can't make a basket. Mallory works as hard as she can to improve. But as her team heads to the playoffs, she still feels like the weakest player. Will she let her teammates down? Or is there more to being part of a team than just winning the game?

High Five, Mallory!

High Five, Mallory!
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2017-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512458678

Mallory starts fifth grade and has to adjust to a new teacher, a tough school project, and trouble with her best friend that involves her brother Max.

Step Fourth, Mallory!

Step Fourth, Mallory!
Author: Laurie Friedman
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467740403

It's a new school year for Mallory and everything's perfect! She has a new computer, a pair of just-right back-to-school shoes, and her best friend, Mary Ann, is in her class. But somehow things go from perfectly good to perfectly bad. Mallory's first crush is the same boy Mary Ann likes—and Mary Ann gets all his attention. And even though she has the right shoes, Mallory somehow gets off on the wrong foot with her teacher, Mr. Knight. Can Mallory find a way to turn things around and put her best foot forward?