Lizzie Logan, Second Banana — Eileen Spinelli

Lizzie Logan has a new stepfather, Sam Bright. She wants Sam to like her, of course. But when she learns her mother is pregnant, she suddenly is worried that now she'll become second banana to a baby. So Lizzie plans to make her stepfather really proud of her by winning the Little Miss Seafood Pageant. Second banana no more! Dressing up as an octopus and reciting fish facts is not just her way to stardom. It's also the climax of yet another hilarious set of adventures sure to endear Lizzie Logan to young readers all over again.