Judith Viorst

Alexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for a walkie-talkie. But saving money is hard. He bought gum with some...

When Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair, he thinks that maybe it’s going to be a bad day....

Alexander’s dad has a new job 1,000 miles away, so now his family has to move. Alexander would rather have poison ivy....