Books published by publisher Alliance Entertainment

Cassie loves puppies—she’ll do anything to play with them. She’ll hang out in a spooky old pet shop. She’ll talk to the shop’s weird owner, Mr. Willard. She’ll even spend the night there . . . all alone! But Cassie doesn’t know that Mr. Willard has a surprise for her. She can play with the puppies for as long as she wants. She can stay in the pet shop . . . forever. What a good puppy, Cassie!

Angie Parker used to be a nobody at Oakbridge High. Then she shed a few pounds, her glasses, and her “loser” image. Now she’s become part of the hottest clique at school. When spring break rolls around, Angie can’t wait to go on a canoe trip with her new friends to isolated Shadow Island. But when one of the guys dies mysteriously, it looks like they’re camping out with a murderer! After a storm destroys their canoes, the group discovers that they’re trapped on Shadow Island. Angie and the others watch helplessly as, one by one, the kids in their group meet horrible deaths. Soon, only the murderer and the final victim will be left on Shadow Island—but will Angie survive that long?

Kate, Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti love having sleepover parties. What could beat eating munchies, watching creepy movies, and playing Truth or Dare all night long? But then one night Kate is kidding around and she casts a bad-luck spell on Patti. Everyone laughs about it at first . . . until some really unlucky things start happening whenever Patti is around. It seems like Patti is one big bad-luck charm. If she doesn’t get rid of that spell, the girls won’t be the Sleepover Friends for long. They’ll be the Sleepover Enemies!

Sleepover Friends vs. GingerLauren takes an afterschool job at an antique store to earn some money. So she’s upset to discover that nasty Ginger Kinkaid is working right next door. Lauren doesn’t want to have anything to do with her. But before Lauren realizes it, she and the Sleepover Friends are caught up in Ginger’s life—much more than they’d like to be. Ginger is acting very strangely: she’s ignoring her best friend, Christy, and sharing secrets with Patti. Is Ginger out to make Patti her new best friend? Not if the Sleepover Friends can help it!

WHEN THE SUMMER ENDS . . . WILL LOVE KEEP GOING? CHELSEA loves Conner so deeply that she can’t imagine life without him. But will marriage cement their love—or destroy it? KATE never thought loving Justin could feel this good. But when Justin finishes building his boat, will he sail away from her forever? GRACE’S drinking is out of control. David says he loves her and will help. But is a recovering alcoholic the right guy to have around?

Lauren, Patti, Kate, and Stephanie are each having an exchange student from Walden Elementary stay with them for a week. It’s going to be a great time! Stephanie and her new friends are going to shop until they drop. There’s going to be a big party for the Walden kids . . . and of course, Patti’s organized an eight-girl sleepover! Then Patti find out she won’t be hosting someone. And Lauren’s visitor could not care less about making friends. The sleepover exchange sure looks like a washout . . . until Lauren decides to take charge!

The Sleepover Friends are fed up with bossy Kate!The homecoming parade is in a few weeks, and the Sleepover Friends are going to build the best float of all! Kate, of course, immediately takes over as “director” of the float.Then the girls find out they have to work on the float with snooty Ginger Kinkaid! Worse yet, Ginger’s got her own ideas about how to design the float. But Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti discover they actually like Ginger’s ideas better than Kate’s. What happens when the Sleepover Friends get tired of being bossed around by Kate?

Kate’s Birthday is coming up, and the Sleepover Friends want to make it really special. They decide to throw Kate a surprise party. What a mistake!Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti have to keep all kinds of secrets from the Birthday Girl. Pretty soon they’re almost ignoring her. Kate’s not suspicious—she’s just mad! Maybe a surprise party is more trouble than it’s worth!