"Christmas is coming to Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby don't know how to feel about it. It's their first Christmas without their parents, and the memories are both happy and sad..."

Flora and Ruby move to Camden Falls with their grandmother, Min, after the death of their parents and meet Olivia and Nikki at the Needle & Thread, a Main Street sewing store run by their grandmother.

"Claudia's sister, Janine, is too busy being smart to be nice to anyone-- even their grandmother, Mimi. But Claudia doesn't have to see Janine too much this summer since the Baby-sitters Club is starting a new play group. It's going to be so much fun! But then Mimi has a stroke, and the whole summer changes. Now Claudia is "Mimi-sitting" and Janine is no help at all. How can the Kishi sisters get along when Janine is always so mean?"--P. [4] of cover....

Flora worries about her first Thanksgiving without her parents, while Ruby worries about getting a part in the school musical, and their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are adjusting to big changes in their families.

Karen and Andrew are very lucky because they have two families.

Nine-year-old Pearl and her popular, thirteen-year-old sister, Lexie, do not get along very well, but when their grandfather moves in and the girls have to share a room, they must find common ground.

Karen is the only person who believes the circus unicorn can grant wishes, because she has some wishes she wants to come true.

Now that baby Emily is in the family, Karen feels left out. Then Emily gets sick and everybody, even Karen, has to take care of her. That's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!

"Brothers are such a pain."

When their grandmother gives Karen and Andrew pet rabbits in their Easter baskets, their parents are upset, and Karen fears they will not be allowed to keep their new pets when the rabbits begin to chew on things.