Adventure: Lonely Leader — Ricki Stern

Invasion!
Beryl E. Bean

Beryl's way too busy to play host when Alex moves into her home while his parents are away. He can't keep his nose out of her stuff, but her classmates think he's great -- and they're ignoring her! Beryl's supposed to be leading her class campaign to clean up a nearby vacant lot, but everyone thinks Alex has better ideas. Even Beryl's supercool stepfather, Warren, thinks Beryl and Alex should be friends. But that's not possible. Is it?