Heather Vogel Frederick

Four girls, and their mothers, continue their mother-daughter book club via videoconference between Massachusetts and England, reading Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," and try to put friendship before romance.

Four very different friends in Concord, Massachusetts, and their mothers continue their book club, reading Jean Webster's "Daddy Long-Legs," while getting to know their own pen pals from Wyoming.

"Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--

The girls of the mother-daughter book club find their holiday family vacations going wrong when Megan and Becca both fall for the son of the cruise ship's captain, Cassidy and her family start to feel homesick while visiting Laguna Beach, and Emma and Jess see their plans changing by a disastrous sledding accident.

When her mother goes on a NASA mission, Cat Starr is sent to live with her father, stepsister Olivia, and younger brother Geoffrey, but interference by her inept fairy godmother causes toads to appear when Cat speaks and gems to fall from Olivia's mouth, bringing one to the attention of jewel thieves and the other to a secret government laboratory.

Truly Lovejoy's hopes for a perfect summer are dashed when she is sent to mermaid academy, complete with a sparkly tail, but she finds a new mystery for the Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes to investigate.

In illustrations and rhyming text, gives the recipe for making "babyberry pie," from picking a baby from the babyberry tree and popping him in the tub to putting powdered sugar on his nose and toes and tucking him into pie crust covers.