Best Selling Books by Susan Saunders

Meet the All-American pups of Buxton, U.S.A. Jake, Sheena, Fritz, Rosie and Tracker. They''re cute. They''re cuddly. They''re frisky. And they just can''t stay out of trouble! Jake, Sheena, Tracker, and Fritz are on the trail of their new friend, a puppy named Rosie, who has headed off to the big, scary city to find her lost owner. Will the puppies find Rosie before the dog pound catches them all?

Andrew, the youngest member of the Black Cat Club, gets into serious trouble when his new pen pal turns out to be a ghost who takes possession of the unsuspecting second-grader.

Sowing the seeds of deception, the Sleepover Friends convince the usually prudent Kate that, when spoken to, houseplants will grow faster, and then dupe the unsuspecting girl by replacing the plant to which she had been speaking with a larger one.

Kate''s parents have invited some old friends to stay with them for a week, including their thirteen-year-old son, Denny. Kate''s sure he''ll be stuck up, just like all seventh-grade boys. Stephanie happens to like older boys-Donald Foster in particular. But with beautiful, popular Michelle Olson after him, Stephanie doesn''t have a chance. So why not fix up Michelle with Denny? First the Sleepover Friends must make him over into the kind of guy Michelle would like. But suddenly Kate seems to be jealous-has she decided that a certain seventh-grade boy isn''t so bad after all?

Stephanie has had it with her baby brother and sister. All they do is sleep, cry, and eat-but for some reason everyone thinks they''re adorable. Kate knows exactly how she feels, since she has to put up with her own little sister, Melissa the Monster. But then the Sleepover Friends notice something strange is going on. Stephanie starts spending a lot of time with Melissa-styling her hair, taking her shopping for clothes, teaching her how to dance. And Kate wants to know why Stephanie is suddenly trying to be the perfect big sister-to her little sister!

Lauren, Kate, Stephanie, and Patti share their practical tips on everything from great-tasting food to fun party games, and pass along their ideas for recipes, party themes, and invitations.

When a huge oil spill spells environmental disaster for the Atlantic coast, twelve-year-old Dana and her parents join forces with local commercial fishermen to save the area''s sea creatures.

Who is that masked pig? Only Sam Pig knows for sure ... and he is not telling.

Kate has won first prize in a raffle-six tickets to Wilderness World! And Kate''s parents have offered to take the family and the Sleepover Friends for their upcoming spring vacation. But with four people in Kate''s family, there are only two tickets left for the Sleepover Friends-so one of them won''t be able to go! How can Kate choose between her best friends? Fortunately, the girls come up with a plan: They''ll do odd jobs to earn money for one more ticket. But they only have two weeks. And raising the money turns out to be a lot harder than they''d expected!

The Sleepover friends go to the city for a weekend. Lauren ends up with someone else''s suitcase, and he ends up with hers. The girls find a lost dog, see a play, and discover that Stephanie''s city friend is not a friend at all.

A quiet boat trip on an Amazon tributary to do plant research turns into a dangerous encounter with thieves and superstitious Indians for Morgan and twins Jan and Jill.

In their latest adventure, the club is looking for Robert''s family legend, Cousin Jedediah-a blood thirsty pirate.

Charles Rat and his friend Miranda have planned to go on a picnic, but Charles thinks of many other things to do along the way.