The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! One night when Mallory is baby-sitting for the Craines, she hears a cat crying somewhere in the house. But the Craines don't own a pet. So Mallory and the girls go exploring--and discover a mysterious white cat

Mallory loves horses. She loves reading about them and writing about them and most of all, she loves day-dreaming about them.

Mallory has never been a sports person. Gym is her least favorite subject in school, and has gone co-ed. Mallory feels ugly in her gym suit, and when the boys find out she can't play volleyball, they decide to make her life miserable.

Grouping titles by specific themes and subtopics, describes content and features of popular paperback series, classics, and books published after 1990, and provides historical background to six different genres.

Mallory likes her big family but she can't get her writing project done with having to take care of her brothers and sisters.