Circle Of Gold Author:Candy Dawson Boyd Mattie Benson knows just what she's going to buy her mother for Mother's Day. It will make things all right again, Mattie thinks. When her father died, all the love in her family seemed to go with him. The beautiful gold pin costs more than Mattie has saved up, but she is sure she can swing it with her baby-sitting jobs. — Then Mattie los... more »es her best job -- taking care of the Bacon kids after school every day. As if that isn't bad enough, Angel Higgley (who is no angel) accuses Mattie of stealing her bracelet. Now Mattie has to prove that she didn't steal the bracelet, and find a way to buy her mother the pin. She's sure she can do it -- but is she expecting miracles again?« less
After the death of Mattie's father, her mother seems to take out her frustrations on Mattie. But Mattie devises a plan to bring her family back together again.