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axelsonfire
Since: Dec, 2009
cbaker
Since: Nov, 2015
axelsonfire
Since: Dec, 2009

I remember reading three children/pre-teen novels when I was younger. This was probably around the early 2000's but the books were most likely much older, possibly from the 80s or 90s.
The first book was about a family where their new stepsister is a witch and teaches the younger children witchcraft. One particular part I remember is that they talked about familiars and how every witch or warlock had to have one. (Found this one. It's The Headless Cupid)
The second book was about a girl who was a bit full of herself. I remember a part where she gets a baby grand piano thinking it's a tiny piano only to find out its humongous. She also read a book called "How To Win Friends and Influence People" or something along those lines to try and have better relationships with people. If I remember correctly, the title of the book was her name and it started with a V.
The third book is about two friends who make their own advice column. At one point they track everything they eat to help someone who wants to lose weight. The parts with the advice column looked handwritten and the pages were a different colour. Another part of the book has their class at school release balloons with messages and one of the girls gets free subs from a restaurant because her letter landed on their roof. The other girl's letter traveled to a farm in upper New York state,
Edited by axelsonfire