Amy Namey is chasing a news story in this Judy Moody® story for newly independent readers.
Amy Namey, Ace Reporter, is on the hunt for a good news story. But not a lot happens in the town of Frog Neck Lake. So what's a budding reporter to do? Team up with Judy Moody! With Judy along to sniff out a story, anything can happen. Like maybe a close encounter with the famed Great Virginia Sea Serpent, Taboo! Are Amy and Judy about to stumble

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"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning-at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."-- Provided by publisher.

As Hurricane Elmer hits, Judy, Stink, and the entire Moody clan hunker down and ride out the storm, but when the power goes out, Grandma Lou proposes some activities to pass the time in the dark.

With her birthday coming up, Jessica hopes that, just maybe, her present will be a real-live potbellied pig. Jessica can hardly wait for her party with Judy Moody and all their friends. But Judy Moody is acting like a pig-head, and Jessica UN-invites her from the party. To make matters worse, Jessica has snooped around the house and has found zero sign of a pig present. Could her birthday be any more of a disaster?

Determined to help her sick pet Venus flytrap, Judy Moody enlists the aid of an unruly toad and a mind-reading cat to help her find a cure.

After Judy obtains a mood ring, she tries to convince herself and her third-grade classmates that she can predict the future

Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink

When Judy learns that some of her ancestors lived in England and possibly related to the Queen, her nemesis Jessica Finch finds more surprise relatives that Judy wishes she could hide in a dungeon somewhere.

Starting her very own newspaper to counteract all the bad news, Kid Reporter Judy Moody, armed with her notebook and six-year-pen, sets out in search of happier stories, in this first edition of her Sunny-Side-Up News that includes a word search, a comic, a recipe and more.

Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?