Emily Smiley Sings the Blues — Phillipa Greene Mulford

It's Thanksgiving, But Emily doesn't feel like celebrating. Her father is in the hospital with a broken leg--and Emily thinks it's her fault. It doesn't help that it's her first holiday with her new stepfamily--including three obnoxious stepbrothers. Then her steprelatives--Uncle Otto, Aunt Louise, and cousin Louie--come for a visit. It's a steprelative invasion. But it's the last straw when Emily is cast in the school play--opposite Missy Atkins, aka the Mean Queen. Thanksgiving. Phooey! What does Emily Smiley have to be thankful for?

As she'll find out...plenty.