Stella Batts: None of Your Beeswax

Stella Batts: None of Your Beeswax by Sheinmel, Courtney. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781585368532.

Stella Batts is in third-grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a candy shop. Life should be sweet, right? Can you keep a secret? Stella Batts has a lot of secrets to keep these days—theres the secret of what really happened to her little sisters pet fish, and theres the secret school project shes working on with her friend Lucy, and theres the secret on the second floor of her familys candy store. Actually, Stella doesnt know the candy store secret yet, because her dad wont tell her. Even though shes eight years old, and thats old enough to be trusted! Stella hasnt told any of her other secrets all week, and some of her other friends are feeling left out. But thats the problem with being told a secret: You have to keep it! This best-selling early chapter book series charmingly chronicles the ups and downs of a girls school and family life with warmth and humor.