Ten-year-old Lindsey is continually getting into trouble despite her well-meaning, impulsive efforts to rescue a classmate from bullies, cheer up her depressed uncle, help with her brother's upcoming bar mitzvah, brighten up her neighborhood, and spark a romance between two teachers.

When ten-year-old Nicki agrees to take over the training of Sprocket, a service dog, it is just one more thing in her overly full schedule, but much to her surprise, dog training teaches Nicki a valuable skill--how to stand up for herself. Includes photographs and an essay on training service dogs.

Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, help fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and spark an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.