New Releases by Susan Saunders

CHILDREN''S BOOKS/AGES 9-12

The Sleepover Friends are camping out with their class in a local park, planting trees, picking up litter, caring for orphaned animals, and sharing a cabin with their peculiar classmate Bitsy Barton.

Stephanie comes up with various plans to attract the attention of handsome TV star Kevin DeSpain, who is in town filming his show.

Fourth grader Tommy Price, Jr., and his friend Bonnie Sue, whose families work for area rodeos, investigate the mysterious occurrences that threaten to close down the Red Bluffs Rodeo and stop country singer Mel Jones from performing.

A new baby in the family compounds Sara''s already shaky problem of identity as a twin in a growing family, and her town''s 150th anniversary celebration further complicates things as her fifth grade club competes with a rival club to win the most prizes.

The Stars, a club of fifth-grade girls, hire themselves out for odd jobs to earn money to fix up their clubhouse, an old stone building on nearby farmland, but discover that it is in danger of being torn down by developers.

The reader discovers a cape which makes the wearer invisible and must decide how he will use this new ability.

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.

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.

Every young reader can join Cousin Stevie in causing a chemistry set to go crazy and fill the house with bubbling green slime, in an adventure with several possible outcomes.

When Patti takes a magazine quiz and learns that she is boring, it is time for a new look. First she buys some crazy new clothes and then starts flirting with the boys. Have the girls lost their sleepover friend forever?

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 collection of children''s books on the subject of sleep.

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

A biography of the singer and writer of country music, with emphasis on her childhood and youth.

Invited to a Halloween party at an eerie old mansion, the reader ends up at a celebration at which the guests are real ghosts, goblins and witches.

With the secret potion your garden is growing and won''t stop.

When Rabbit decides to move, sly Mr. Fox suggests the vacant homes of Beaver and Mrs. Robin.

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.

Dorothy and her friends, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and Jack Pumpkinhead, travel across Oz in search of the young wizard who stole Princess Ozma''a Magic Belt.

Choose Your Own Adventure #6.

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.