Claudia Mills

Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline.

Twelve-year-old Autumn loves writing stories, until her older brother makes fun of something she made. Determined to show him that she really has talent, Autumn sets out to get herself published at any cost, even if it could mean revealing painful family secrets in the process.

Cody Harmon hates spelling, math, reading, and all subjects his teacher, poor Mrs. Molina, tries to teach him in third grade. However, on his farm, Cody has pets--lots of them. He loves animals. So, when there is a pet-show fundraiser at school, Cody knows it is his time to shine. However, there is a fee for entering each pet, and Cody can't enter all of his--but there is a clever solution where everyone wins.

Mason Dixon is his usual pessimistic self as he starts fourth grade, dreading joining the school choir and unenthused about his sports-obsessed teacher who plans for the students to be "making a full-court press on writing."

Seventh-grade honor student Sierra Shepard faces expulsion after accidentally bringing a paring knife to school, violating the school's zero-tolerance policy.

Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade Franklin School Friends participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit takes over until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine.

Nixie and Grace have been best and only friends since preschool, but now Nixie must attend an after-school cooking camp while Grace spends her afternoons with classmate Elyse.

"The third book in the Franklin School Friends series is a fast and funny story about sports, friendship, and sibling rivalries."-- Provided by publisher.

Here's the third entry in Claudia Mills' charming middle-grade series. Mason Dixon survived the school choir. He survived adopting his now-beloved dog named, uh, Dog. But now he faces his biggest challenge yet: joining the local basketball team. Not by choice, of course. Not only do his parents encourage it, but his dad even volunteers to be his coach. Now, with his best pal Brody and a team of misfits even worse at basketball than him (if that's...

Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all.