Books with title The Trouble with Trading

Kate DiCamillo meets Lemony Snicket in this darkly comic novel about two sisters who learn they are each others' most important friend!Imagine two twin sisters, Arabella and Henrietta--nearly identical yet with nothing in common. They're the best of friends . . . until one day they aren't. Plain and quiet Henrietta has a secret plan to settle the score, and she does something outrageous and she can't take it back. When the deed is discovered, Henrietta is sent to live with her eccentric great-aunt! Suddenly life with pretty, popular Arabella doesn't seem so awful. And, though she's been grievously wronged, Arabella longs for her sister, too. So she hatches a plan of her own and embarks on an unexpected journey to reunite with her other half.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Boston Tea Party, this story of two friends is full of political intrigue and romance. The Trouble with Tea opens with Patience traveling in a private carriage to her best friend Anne's home in Boston, where her adventures begin. Patience and Anne both find themselves swept up in the heated political climate of colonial Boston. Loyalists, steadfast in their allegiance to England are pitted against those who fervently plot for independence. The feisty heroine quickly discovers that her own beliefs are the opposite of her friend's. Against the finale of the explosive Tea Party comes the upheaval of independence, not only for the young colony, but for two childhood friends as well. This book interweaves historical fact with a coming of age story using such creativity and detail that the reader is transported in time.

Holly has a lot to deal with lately. Her mom has remarried and she has to get used to a new town, a new house, a new school, and a new stepdad. As if this isn’t enough, she has to share her room with four pesky cats. Or rather, they have to learn to share their room with her. Max Cat always escapes. George Cat always disappears. Wilbur Cat eats socks. And Boo Cat is always somewhere you don’t want him to be. These cats are driving Holly crazy. She can’t get her homework done, all of her socks have holes in them, and the police even pay a visit to her house all because of the cats. Can Holly and the troublesome felines ever learn to get along?

Volume 1 of the FAIRIE RING SERIES **** THE TROUBLE WITH AN ELF: The Dark Lords, a mysterious council of evil beings, are trying to take control of the world of Fairie and the world of humans. Both worlds need each other to survive, but they cannot understand each other. Beautiful, teenage Fairie Princess Elazandra takes on the awesome responsibility of protecting both worlds, and slips into the human realm disguised as an exchange student living in the Jenkins' home. The disguise is easily done: blue contact lenses to cover her golden eyes, and long, pale blond hair to cover her pointed, elfin ears. (Elazandra's appearance was basically human, because her birth father was human.) Soon, she is forced to share her secret with Ryan, excellent junior high school student who excels in fencing. And as the two become caught up in the battle of sword and sorcery, their hearts are forever bound in first and undying love. Supporting characters introduced in the first book are Ashlyn, Ryan's older, not too bright sister, Elazandra's roommate in the Jenkin's home; Michael, Ryan's best friend, companion nerd, and computer genius; and Fax, a small, overweight dragon who both helps and hinders the main characters. In addition to treasure, he also hordes Rolex watches. And there are the orcs, evil creations of the Dark Lords who form the basic foot soldiers of the villains' armies, who are secretly gathering in a deserted toxic waste site. Book #1 story location is the human world.

The trouble with you is that you have a wild imagination, people tell Tessa. So what if she calls herself Athena, the goddess of wisdom and a woman of the twenty-first century? It's that wild imagination that will make her a good writer. When Tessa finds yellowing pages torn from a book in the bottom of a beat-up trunk in a musty attic filled with cobwebs and junk, she realizes what she's found: directions for magic spells. It was no coincidence that she found the sheets, Tessa decides. She has the power. When Tessa's diary with the magic spells disappears, she panics. What good is a witch without her spells? When she recovers her diary, she even makes a new friend. Again, Tessa believes her life is charmed. Tessa's developing powers hit a roadblock, however, when she casts a spell that she wishes she could take back. Suddenly, everything's changing, and Tessa fears that her secret powers are spinning out of control. When Tessa's reversal spell doesn't work, Tessa must rely on her friends and the power of her family's bond to get her out of this snare. Popular young adult author Ofelia Dumas Lachtman has once again crafted a novel about a precocious young girl and her unlimited curiosity. Tackling topics that teens face, Lachtman's novel is at once a funny story about a young girl's quest to make life interesting and about her learning to accept that sometimes family ties are the strongest magic in the world.

Livi wants to ditch her nerd status. Adam couldn’t care less about being a geek. They’ve been best friends for years, but will Livi’s makeover mission tear them apart, or bring them closer together? - - - For Livi Howard, high school sucked. Orchestra Geek, Choir Monkey, The Ginger … and the labels didn’t end there. But high school is behind her now, and fabulous university life is ahead. Let Project ‘Ditch the Nerd’ begin! Adam Anderson is a nerd and proud of it. His university plans include computer studies, Xbox marathons, and reruns of his favourite sci-fi TV shows. Watching his best friend Livi transform herself into a person he barely recognises was never on the list. With Project ‘Ditch the Nerd’ a success, Livi thinks she finally has it all—except for the part where she’s growing further away from Adam. When a party goes south, Livi is forced to reconsider the lengths she’ll go to be accepted by the ‘right’ people. How far is too far? And will she ever be able to find her way back to herself—and to the guy who’s been in front of her all along? - - - The Trouble with Flirting is a sweet, clean contemporary romance that can be read as a standalone novel.