Pearl Silverstone: 2 books

Katie finds a four-leaf clover and instantly her perspective of the world changesshell have good luck forever: her dad will stop drinking and her mom will get out of her sickbed. Bursting to tell her mother the good news, she finds her dad waiting to tell her that her mother has died. Katie is left...

When Mayas father goes bankrupt, Maya has to leave her beautiful home and live in a rundown house. She gets a taste of betrayal and shame as she experiences the fickleness of friends. One day, Maya is just in time to see her dad leave home with a suitcase. Maya wants the space in her mothers life...