Deze serie duikt in de levens van jonge meisjes die zich na aanzienlijk verlies in onbekend gebied begeven. Het verkent thema's als familiebanden, het vinden van een gevoel van ergens bijhoren en de veerkracht van de menselijke geest. De verhalen benadrukken de vorming van diepe vriendschappen die cruciale bronnen van steun en kracht worden tijdens uitdagende overgangen.
Flora and Ruby don't want to move to Camden Falls - but they don't have a choice. Their parents are dead and their grandmother, Min, is taking them in. It's strange to be somewhere new, but luckily it's a very welcoming place. Min runs a The girls soon learn that some friendships can be just as important as family.
When Flora and Ruby suddenly become orphans, they have no choice but to move far away from home and live with their grandmother. Luckily Camden Falls is a very welcoming place and they discover that rebuilding their lives won't be an impossible task after all - especially with the help of new friends. But having spent a happy summer in their grandmother's sewing shop, the girls now face a new challenge: the first term at their new school and a classroom full of new children...
It's December, and Flora and Ruby's first Christmas in Camden Falls is getting close. There's snow on the ground, fairy lights are twinkling all over Main Street and someone is getting a surprise visit from Santa Claus! Everyone is feeling very festive. Everyone except Olivia, who's had some devastating news. Her family might have to move away, unless her parents can find jobs nearby. Flora, Ruby and Nikki must come up with a plan to help their friend so they can all celebrate Christmas together.
It's spring in Camden Falls, and with it have come many joys and challenges. As Flora and Ruby near the first anniversary of their arrival in town, Flora prepares for a visit from her old best fiend. She's excited ...but her new best friend, Olivia, isn't. Olivia's afraid she won't measure up, and that Flora will regret ever coming to Camden Falls. It's a very big reunion set for a very big day - Camden Falls's 350th birthday celebration. Does one best friend truly have to be the best ...or can they find a way to get along?
Flora, Ruby, Olivia, and Nikki start their own summer book club when well-loved books start appearing on their doorsteps in the fifth of Ann Martin's wonderful Main Street books.Flora and Ruby are about to start their second summer in Camden Falls. An element of mystery is instantly added when someone -- the girls don't know who -- leaves copies of a very special book on their doorstop, with instructions to read and discuss it. Olivia and Nikki also get books, and soon the girls are starting their own book club -- with some very interesting ties between the books they're reading and the things they're facing over the summer. But who's their literary benefactor? The girls don't need to read Nancy Drew to track down the answer....
It's back to school time for the kids of Camden Falls ... and for Flora, Olivia, and Nikki, that means a new school -- and new challenges.It's September in Camden Falls . . . and it's time for Flora, Nikki, and Olivia to move up to the Central School from their old elementary school. As seventh graders, they'll be sharing the halls with kids from other towns -- and from grades as high as twelfth. Flora and Nikki are excited . . . but Olivia isn't at all. She's always been the youngest girl in her class. Now she's the youngest girl in the whole school -- and plenty of kids, both friends and bullies, are noticing. When Olivia runs afoul of a popular girl, she realizes she has to grow up fast ... or get left behind.
A new girl moves to Camden Falls . . . and brings some secrets with her.Flora, Ruby, Olivia, and Nikki are sad that the Willets have moved out of the Row Houses - but they’re excited when they hear the new neighbors will have kids nearly their age. One of them, Willow, seems like a natural fit for their group of friends. The only problem? Willow doesn’t seem eager to be a part of life on Main Street.Evenutally, Flora discovers that Willow has a secret - a secret tied to the often erratic behavior of her mother. What’s a good neighbor - and a new friend - to do?
Flora and Ruby's Aunt Allie has always wanted a baby... and now she's getting one! An adoption agency in New York City has called and has told her that the baby she's adopting will be born any minute now. Flora and Ruby couldn't be more excited -- they've never had a cousin before, and they are full of suggestions (about the baby's name, about what the baby's room should look like, about how they're going to help Aunt Allie). Soon the whole family is going down to the big city for the big event...a special delivery of the best possible kind.There's only one question: Will it be a boy or a girl?
When Nikki's father left her family, she thought all the trouble would be over. No more screaming. No more fighting. No more rages. But now he's coming back one last time, and Nikki isn't sure what's going to happen. Luckily, she has good friends like Flora, Ruby, and Olivia to stand behind her -- and a mom who cares about her kids enough to pull them through a hard time.
"It's been two years since Flora and Ruby moved to Camden Falls. They've always gotten along as friends and as sisters, but now they're starting to fight all the time. Nobody--not their friends, not their grandmother--knows why, or what to do. In the end, it might take a whole town to get them back together and make them realize how much they've grown up since their parents died and their lives changed so much. Staying together isn't easy--but with both friends and sisters, it's the most important thing."
