When her older brother refuses to let her tag along with him, Jamaica goes off by herself and allows a younger child to play with her.

When her friend Kristin tells her she is unable to keep her kitten and turns to Jamaica for help in giving it a good home, Jamaica faces a dilemma when her brother's allergies are affected by the new arrival.

A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.

Jamaica was friends with everyone in school - except for Russell. No wonder: Russell was a mean brat. When they had art class, Russell borrowed her markers and spoiled her picture. At recess, he threw sand and chased little kids. Jamaica certainly wasn't sorry to learn that Russell was going to move away. She didn't even want to make a card for him, the way the others in her class were doing. But then something happened to change her mind . . .

Jamaica hates wearing hand-me-down boots when her friend Brianna has pink fuzzy ones.

Jamaica really likes Mrs. Duval and her methods of teaching, but when Jamaica comes to school poorly prepared for a test, she does something wrong and fears it will effect the way Mrs. Duval thinks of her. Reprint.

When her sister Nikki gets sick, Brianna hopes to play her part as the butterfly queen in the Dance of Spring, but then another disaster strikes.