Stella Batts is in third-grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a candy shop. Life should be sweet, right?

The Batts family has arrived at a hotel in Los Angeles and everything is all set for Aunt Laura's wedding weekend. Stella and Penny are going to be getting a new uncle, and a new cousin! Plus, they get to be flower girls, and wear fancy dresses, and walk down the aisle throwing rose petals. It's going to be perfect--just the way Aunt Laura has imagined it. Just the way Stella has imagined it, too. But sometimes a wedding doesn't happen the way anyone thinks it will--including the bride. Things are starting to go wrong, and Stella is worried that it's all her fault!

This best-selling early chapter book series charmingly chronicles the ups and downs of a girl's school and family life with warmth and humor.