Susan Saunders
Susan Saunders
Susan Saunders, born in 1950 in New York City, is a respected author known for her engaging storytelling and thoughtful insights. With a background in education and a passion for literature, she has contributed significantly to the world of young adult fiction. Saunders's work often explores themes of personal growth and self-discovery, captivating readers of all ages.
Personal Name: Susan Saunders
Birth: 1945
Susan Saunders Books
(58 Books)
Kate has won first prize in a raffle—six tickets to Wilderness World! And Kate’s parents have offered to take the family and the Sleepover Friends for their upcoming spring vacation.
But with four people in Kate’s family, there are only two tickets left for the Sleepover Friends—so one of them won’t be able to go! How can Kate choose between her best friends?
Fortunately, the girls come up with a plan: They’ll do odd jobs to earn money for one more ticket. But they only have two weeks. And raising the money turns out to be a lot harder than they’d expected!
The Sleepover Friends are ready for some wild west adventure when they go on vacation at a dude ranch in Arizona with Stephanie’s grandmother. But then Kate starts acting strange . . . like making excuses not to get involved with all the fun activities at the ranch. And she’s not the only mystery person around. What is it about fellow guest Keith Foley? He’s so unfriendly! He never smiles, either. So why is Kate always defending him?
Stephanie, Patti, and Lauren can’t believe it. Does Kate have a crush on Keith?
The Sleepover Friends become writers for the new school newspaper, but Stephanie is annoyed when Karla keeps "scooping" her listings of upcoming parties for the "Social Notes" column and decides to find out just how Karla is doing it.
The Sleepover friends go to the city for a weekend. Lauren ends up with someone else's suitcase, and he ends up with hers. The girls find a lost dog, see a play, and discover that Stephanie's city friend is not a friend at all.
The sleepover friends are exchange students with their new friends at Walden Elementary for a week. Kate discovers that the girl she is staying with has brothers and sisters who are rowdy and messy.
When two of the Sleepover Friends develop crushes on seventh-grade boys, it puts a strain on their friendship and sidetracks their plans for a school costume party.
Dorothy and her friends, the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and Jack Pumpkinhead, travel across Oz in search of the young wizard who stole Princess Ozma'a Magic Belt.
Cassie and Hillary vie with each other for the privilege of riding Birchwood Stable's new Lipizzan horse in an important horse show.
Examines the life of the pioneer anthropologist who popularized the field and used her ideas to promote world unity and peace.
The reader is given choices to make in order to fight the green slime made from a chemistry set.
Sleepover Friends on the case!
“How would you girls like to investigate a ghost?” Patti’s Uncle Nick asks. And in no time, the Sleepover Friends are off to Florida to solve their very first mystery.
Tara, Uncle Nick’s wife, has inherited a cabin near the beach, and she’s invited the girls for their spring vacation. But something very strange is going on—furniture has disappeared from the house, eerie lights glow in the middle of the night, and strange intruders frighten the girls.
Is someone trying to scare them away? Or is the house really haunted, as the townspeople say? It’s up to the Sleepover Friends to figure out what’s going on!
The Sleepover Friends are at a slumber party at Kate’s house when they hear about the Video Contest. A new rock group is filming in their town, and the girls have a chance to win the grand prize—a part in a real rock video! Stephanie’s convinced she’ll turn into a glamorous TV star. Plus, it’s the perfect way to get Michael Pastore to notice her!
Then Stephanie blows an audition for the lead in the school play . . . and shy Patti gets the part. If Stephanie can’t act in a school play, how will she ever be a video star? She’s so furious she wants O-U-T of the Sleepover Friends.
At a sleepover party, there’s only room for one star!
The Sleepover Friends are going to be in a wedding! Patti’s Uncle Nick and their substitute teacher, Ms. Chipley, are getting married, and the girls will be junior bridesmaids. They pick out a dress and excitedly await the big day.
Meanwhile, the girls come up with another matchmaking scheme—involving the mysterious owner of a 1942 Riverhurst High School ring they’ve found and Lauren’s grumpy neighbor, Mr. Winkler, also a ’42 graduate.
But suddenly, Stephanie starts acting strange. She avoids her friends, and won’t tell them what’s wrong. Is there another wedding in the works—for Stephanie’s Nana?
For Patti’s birthday, the Sleepover Friends are off to the city! Although Kate works out every detail of their visit (of course), nothing goes as planned. Because as the girls are boarding a bus, they get separated!
Patti and Lauren are stuck with no money, and—even worse, Lauren thinks—no lunch. Meanwhile, Kate and Stephanie find that everywhere they go, people mistake Kate for the star of a local show, which gets pretty annoying after a while. And then the girls are caught in a thunderstorm!
But with romance in the air, what starts out as Patti’s worst birthday may turn out to be the best!
The Sleepover Friends are fed up with bossy Kate!
The homecoming parade is in a few weeks, and the Sleepover Friends are going to build the best float of all! Kate, of course, immediately takes over as “director” of the float.
Then the girls find out they have to work on the float with snooty Ginger Kinkaid! Worse yet, Ginger’s got her own ideas about how to design the float.
But Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti discover they actually like Ginger’s ideas better than Kate’s. What happens when the Sleepover Friends get tired of being bossed around by Kate?
Stephanie has had it with her baby brother and sister. All they do is sleep, cry, and eat—but for some reason everyone thinks they’re adorable.
Kate knows exactly how she feels, since she has to put up with her own little sister, Melissa the Monster.
But then the Sleepover Friends notice something strange is going on. Stephanie starts spending a lot of time with Melissa—styling her hair, taking her shopping for clothes, teaching her how to dance. And Kate wants to know why Stephanie is suddenly trying to be the perfect big sister—to her little sister!
The Sleepover Friends are going on a “dig” with their class! Scientists from a nearby town have uncovered some valuable old artifacts, and they’ve asked the kids from Riverhurst to help out with the digging. Stephanie isn’t thrilled about crawling around in the dirt, but Kate thinks it sounds like fun. Who knows what they might find?
The boys in 5B want to dig up a skeleton. Stephanie hopes to find something more useful—like jewelry. But poor Lauren’s been having a bad week. She’s sure the dig will be a disaster, too—until she finds real treasure!
The Sleepover Friends can’t believe it! Handsome TV star Kevin DeSpain is in their town, filming his show. Everyone is going to the set to watch, so the girls know they must come up with an extra-special plan to attract his attention.
Stephanie has lots of ideas, and the four friends eagerly try them all—from wearing matching red fan T-shirts, to sneaking onto the set disguised as pizza delivery girls, to painting a banner for him.
But when Stephanie goes a little too far to meet her favorite star, her Sleepover Friends may never forgive her!
Patti has a lot on her mind these days. There’s a new girl, Hope, who’s in 5B and has joined the Quarks. Knowing how awful it is being new, Patti tries to make her feel at home—but Hope’s even shyer than Patti! Is she hiding something, as Kate suspects?
Meanwhile, Patti’s little brother, Horace, has been moved up a grade, and he’s having a hard time fitting in, too. But Patti’s efforts to help him only make matters worse!
And Valentine’s Day is coming up! Should Patti make a special Valentine for a secret someone? Will she get one in return?
Lauren, Patti, Kate, and Stephanie are each having an exchange student from Walden Elementary stay with them for a week. It’s going to be a great time! Stephanie and her new friends are going to shop until they drop. There’s going to be a big party for the Walden kids . . . and of course, Patti’s organized an eight-girl sleepover!
Then Patti find out she won’t be hosting someone. And Lauren’s visitor could not care less about making friends. The sleepover exchange sure looks like a washout . . . until Lauren decides to take charge!
This Friday night the sleepover is at Bitsy’s! But Kate will be away on a trip with the Video Club. All Stephanie, Lauren, and Patti talk about is how much fun they’ll have at a new house, with a new family, and a new menu! So they hardly notice how quiet Kate is.
When Kate comes back from her weekend, her friends barely recognize her! Kate’s got a new look—and a new attitude, too. The Sleepover Friends don’t know what happened. But they do know one thing—they want the old Kate back!
Ever since that day Patti had to stay after school, she’s been acting weird. She won’t do anything with her friends. But the excuses she gives aren’t the truth—because Kate, Stephanie, and Lauren have seen her somewhere else! And in the company of a cute older boy. But even a game of Truth or Dare doesn’t force Patti to tell her secret. What is Patti up to? Her Sleepover Friends are determined to find out, even if it means spying on her!
This is the worst news ever for the Sleepover Friends: Patty may be moving—to Alaska!
What will happen to Kate, Lauren, and Stephanie if Patti’s not around to keep everyone happy? Kate and Stephanie will end up fighting, and Lauren might not be able to keep the old Sleepover Friends together.
Well, one thing’s for sure: Their next Friday night sleepover will have to be extra special. Just in case it’s Patti’s last one—ever!
Patti’s mad. Really mad. Nerdy Wayne says girls are stupid, and Patti decides the Sleepover Friends are going to prove him wrong—by winning the most contests at the big Winter Carnival. But that means teaching Lauren’s crazy Newfoundland dog to pull a sled for the sled race! And who knows how to make a prize-winning ice sculpture?
Patti’s really gotten the Sleepover Friends in a mess this time! What are they going to do?
Mandrake the Magician dresses all in black, wears a mask, and is putting the Sleepover Friends’ party entertainment business out of business.
Who is Mandrake? Stephanie is convinced that if they just find out, the Sleepover Friends can do a little magic of their own . . . but finding out the answer is harder than they thought.
Because whoever the magnificent Mandrake is, he—or she—doesn’t want anyone else to know!
Kate’s Birthday is coming up, and the Sleepover Friends want to make it really special. They decide to throw Kate a surprise party. What a mistake!
Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti have to keep all kinds of secrets from the Birthday Girl. Pretty soon they’re almost ignoring her. Kate’s not suspicious—she’s just mad! Maybe a surprise party is more trouble than it’s worth!
Lauren loves her new job at the antiques store, but nasty Ginger Kinkaid is working right next door, and Lauren doesn't want anything to do with her. But, then Ginger starts sharing secrets with Patti--is she out to make Patti her new best friend? Not if Lauren and the Sleepover Friends can help it!
The Stars, a club of fifth-grade girls, hire themselves out for odd jobs to earn money to fix up their clubhouse, an old stone building on nearby farmland, but discover that it is in danger of being torn down by developers.
Lauren's mother gets a job, so Lauren is on her own. She has extra responsibilities and more allowance, but she seems to be doing all the cleaning up after her Sleepover friends. Is it time for a tough, new Lauren?
The Sleepover Friends are camping out with their class in a local park, planting trees, picking up litter, caring for orphaned animals, and sharing a cabin with their peculiar classmate Bitsy Barton.
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Four friends find an intriguing old skateboard that turns out to be haunted by the malevolent ghost of the teenage boy who was killed while riding it.
Stephanie is worried about her parents. They seem to be keeping a secret from her, and she's worried that something is very wrong.
