Monica and the Bratty Stepsister

By Diana G Gallagher

Monica tries hard to be nice to her 8-year-old stepsister, but it's hard. When she has to spend the whole day with Angela, it seems like Angela's trying to sabotage her at every turn. Will Monica make it through the day?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496592910

Diana G Gallagher

Diane G. Gallagher lives in Florida with her husband, Marty Burke, five dogs, three cats, and a cranky parrot. A professional folk musician in the 1970s, Gallagher also wrote songs and dabbled in whimsical fantasy art in the 1980s. She is best known for her hand-colored print series, "Woof: The House Dragon", and she won a Hugo for Best Fan Artist 1988. "The Alien Dark" (TSR1990) was her first published novel. Gallagher has written over 70 titles, including books in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", Smallville", and "Star Trek" series.

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Chapter One

Working for the Weekend

As far as I was concerned, there were two things all middle-schoolers looked forward to: lunch and Fridays.

The best part of the week (except for the last bell on Friday afternoon) was lunchtime on Friday.

On Friday, I was behind Becca in the lunch line. The line was moving pretty slowly.

Becca sniffed the air. Smells like pizza, she said. Didn’t we have pizza yesterday?

Yes. They have pizza and meatloaf today, I said.

"I’m so sick of pizza. Do they put onions in the