Books with title The Trouble with Demons

Max Hunter and Jessie Miller, two sixth-grade girls living near the Cascade mountains, make an unlikely pair: Jessie has leukemia and is bald. Max dresses in thrift-shop grunge and acts tough in school. But their friendship holds life together when everything else falls apart. Then one day Jessie discovers Max’s best-kept secret. Jessie wants to help her, but doing so means risking their friendship and possibly her life.

A sculptor named Pyg carves a statue of a goddess so beautiful, so perfect, that he falls head over heels in love with her. He buys her gifts, tells her stories, and wishes with all his heart she were a real, live woman. The trouble with wishes is . . . sometimes they come true! Diane Stanley's lively prose and vivid illustrations bring this funny and warm tale of misguided love to life as Pyg learns what a true companion is really made of.

Have you ever needed something you just couldn't get? The Trouble with Trolls is a fun story about manners. Several illustrations punctuate the story about William, and his encounter with a stubborn troll. William discovers that sometimes it takes more than material things to make one self happy. Your little reader will identify with William if they have ever been frustrated by someone else's stubborn personality, or their own! This book is the perfect length for an easy story time or bedtime story, and teaches a powerful lesson for children and adults alike.

Patti’s Uncle Nick is staying at her house for a few weeks while her parents are away. He’s been miserable and depressed ever since his girlfriend dumped him, and he’s making Patti’s life miserable, too. So the Sleepover Friends set out to fix up poor Uncle Nick with a date. But they just can’t seem to make a match.Meanwhile, Patti has another problem. Mrs. Mead’s out sick, and the substitute teacher chooses Patti as her pet. Patti is mortified, so she decides to do something about it. But her plan has some unexpected results!

A Girl's Best Friend"No one can definitely say when Friar Tuck began to go blind. But the light probably began to fail for big Tuck long before any of us suspected it, and of course, being a dog, he couldn't very well talk about it. It didn't seem possible. Young, beautiful, so free-spirited, he had a long life ahead..."Helen adored Tuck from the first moment he was placed in her arms, a squirming fat sausage of creamy yellow fur. And very soon Tuck returned her love. He faithfully slept on the rug beside her bed, guarded her against strangers, and rejoiced in their long walks together. So when Tuck began to lose his sight, Helen fought to be his eyes. She wouldn't let his blindness end his life or even limit it. Instead, Helen thought up a unique solution to Tuck's trouble, one that would keep Tuck free, proud, and hers forever.