Walter’s Lucky Socks (#1 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1991
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553158656

Eight-year-old Walter Dodd gets a gang of misfits to form their own baseball team with his grandfather as coach and the local plumbers as sponsors. Each book features a different team member (boy or girl), and a game. Teammates on and off-the-field, the Never Sink Nine deal with school, family life, and sportsmanship.

Major League Melissa (#2 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1991
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553158663

The Never Sink Nine is getting ready to play the biggest, baddest team in the league. But when Melissa’s toy horse collection is stolen, she’s too upset to play. Can Walter help her find the horses in time for their first real game?

Slugger Mike (#3 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1991
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553158830

When the team slugger moves away, his best friends Mike and Walter vie to be the new team slugger.

Pete the Magnificent (#4 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1991
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-055315896

New first baseman, Pete Santos, seems to like playing jokes and doing magic tricks more than playing baseball. Will Pete get serious in time to help his teammates win the big game against the Bug Busters?

Tony’s Double Play (#5 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1992
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553159967

Tony is filling in for clean-up hitter Mike Lasky. It’s their big rematch game against the Bug Busters. Tony needs lots of practice at the plate and is afraid he’ll let down his teammates.

Christy’s Magic Glove (#6 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1992
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553159882

The Never Sink Nine is playing the Vampires, the scariest team in the league. But if Walter doesn’t find his lost library book he’s not allowed to play. His only hope is ballet-dancing baseball player, Christy Chung and her magic glove.

Olympic Otis (#7 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1993
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553480788

Otis has to lose a few pounds and Walter is trying to earn a gold star in reading, his worst subject. It’s going to be harder than they thought. When they volunteer to help Grandpa Walt coach the Special Olympics, a girl named Anna shows them – and the rest of the Never Sink Nine – what it really takes to be a winner.

Katie Kicks Off (#8 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1993
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553480795

Some members of the Never Sink Nine have signed up for soccer. Walter is happy he’s on the same team as star player, Katie. But just before the big game Katie decides to quit.

Diamond Park Dinosaur (#9 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1994
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553481310

The baseball field at Diamond Park is being dug up for a shopping mall. Rock hound and teammate Felix couldn’t care less. He’s more interested in finding the perfect specimen for his rock collection. Then he discovers a dinosaur fossil at the construction site and becomes a hero on the playing field.

Pinheads, Unite! (#10 Never Sink Nine Series)
Yearling, 1994
ages 7 to 10, ISBN 978-0553481327

When a local bowling league sponsors a grandparents/grandkids tournament, Grandpa Walt asks Walter to be his "pinhead" partner. Walter’s not happy about being "second choice"—big brother Danny was asked first—but he wants to prove that he’s just as good as Danny. Can Walter win the tournament for Grandpa Walter even when another bowler’s granddaughter is trying to jinx him?

Katy’s First Haircut
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0395389423

Katy has the longest hair in school. Her big decision to have it cut has dire results until an understanding teacher helps her adjust.

The Other Emily
Houghton Mifflin, 1984
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-0395354827

Emily believes her name belongs to her alone, but on the first day of school she discovers she is not the only Emily in the world.

Fishman and Charly
Houghton Mifflin, 1983
ages 8 to 12, ISBN 978-0395338824

Eleven-year-old Tyler Hawkins, known as Fishman to his sister Charly, faces the double challenge of impressing his stern father and saving the gentle manatee he loves from the poachers who are slaughtering them.

Awards
Booklist Starred Review

Swann Song
Bradbury Press, 1982
ages 9 to 12, ISBN 978-0878881987

Lost in her first love, Prudence doesn’t notice her best friend’s troubles until it’s too late.

Maud Flies Solo
Bradbury Press, 1981
ages 8 to 12, ISBN 978-0027262704

Maud seeks ways to combat her loneliness when her older sister becomes interested in things that don’t include a sixth-grader.