With the whole summer ahead of them, Karen and her best friends, Hannie and Nancy, are excited about spending every moment together, but as the summer wears on, their patience with one another wears thin. Original.
Karen turns out to be a world-champion flier when she takes her first plane ride to her grandparents' farm in Nebraska
At first Karen is envious of her friend, Nancy, when she learns that Nancy's mother is about to give Nancy a new baby sister, but her feelings are mollified when Nancy offers to share the baby with her. Original.
Karen's plans for a joyous Christmas holiday--baking cookies, decorating the tree--are ruined when her grandmother becomes seriously ill, an event that causes Karen to make her biggest Christmas wish ever
When she goes to sleep-away camp, Karen thinks she is an expert at camping until her cabin spends a night sleeping in the woods, and she realizes that she has a lot to learn
Determined to find Karen's father's missing glasses, Karen and David Michael spend the entire day playing detective, until Karen decides to start her own detective agency with Hannie and Nancy