An exciting summer with Al's father awaits-but when her mom gets sick, Al has to decide what's most important. Al can't wait to visit her father's family for an entire month. They've promised her homemade ice cream and a barn dance that even the boy she likes is coming to! Nothing can stop her from having the best summer of her life-that is, if she can quit worrying about leaving her mother, who hasn't been feeling well for weeks. Al wants to be...

A seventh-grade girl, her slightly fat girl friend, Al, and theassistant superintendent of their apartment building form a mutually needed friendship with the usual--and a few unusual--joys and sorrows.

A young girl learns to cope with her feelings about her sister's accidental death.

This series' issue-oriented storylines were adapted from young-adult novels and starred some of the most popular teen actors of the day. Includes: Francesca Baby; Beat the Turtle Drum; The Pinballs; and Trouble River.