After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.

Eight-year-old Mallory feels left out when her older brother, Max, gets a dog that becomes the center of attention.

Mallory follows the advice of Mary Ann about a boy who likes her but that advice causes her to hurt her friend's feelings.

"When Mallory wins Fashion Fran's design contest, she and Mary Ann are headed to New York City! But as they share the sights, sounds, and tastes of New York, there's just one problem. Only Mallory gets to appear on the Fashion Fran show, even though she pinky-swore with Mary Ann that they'd both go on. Can Mallory find a way to share the spotlight with her best friend before the pinky-swear she made ruins the trip of a lifetime--and their friendship?"--...

When Cloe Jennifer moves to Wish Pond Road, Mallory's friend Mary Ann starts including Chloe Jennifer in everything that she and Mallory do - but in Mallory's opinion, three is a crowd.

"Mallory takes on a babysitting job, only to discover that it is more work than she expected and that she will have to learn to balance her commitments"--