Four best friends start a party-planning business in this fresh, funny tween novel from the authors of "At Your Service" and "Breaking the Ice."
Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, and with Sadie s mad organizational skills, she s a natural That s why it s so devastating when her mother fires her after a "Little Mermaid" themed wedding goes awry.
Enter Sadie s best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren, and boy-crazy Becca. The girls decide that in order to get Sadie s mom to reconsider, they have to make her see how amazing Sadie is at party planning. Except no one s gonna hire a twelve-year-old to plan a wedding. A birthday party, though? Definite possibility.
Before long, RSVP your one-stop shop for the most creative parties in town is born. Of course, Sadie can t wait to prove herself to her mom, but the other girls also have their reasons for enlisting: Vi has her eye on the perfect gift for her hardworking dad, and Becca s all aflush at the thought of connecting with Ryan, the new Irish cutie in town. And though Lauren thinks she s too busy with summer studies to officially join, she s willing to help out in any way she can.
But in this particular party-planning business, nothing goes according to plan Sadie s mom is a perpetual no-show, Vi s archrival is dead set on ruining her summer, Becca can t seem to get Ryan to glance in her direction, and Lauren keeps choosing studying over her friends. Is the girls friendship strong enough to survive a business? Or does RSVP spell the end of these BFFs?"