Michele Jakubowski

Born only six months apart, and living in the same apartment building for eight years, Ashley Sanchez and Ashlee Taylor have always been best friends--but now Ashlee's family is moving to a house, and even though it is only three blocks away, it feels to Ashley as if their friendship is in serious jeopardy.

Poppy and her best friend Millie are at the beach, but Poppy is not having much fun because she finds the water too cold, the wind too strong, and the sand too itchy.