When her arch rival Nanette Manoir ruins her first ice-skating lesson by flaunting her flashy techniques, Angela is suddenly plagued by bad luck and is convinced that she needs to be 'touched by an angel,' but when Angela's angel instructs her to be nice to Nanette, things get really out of hand. Original.

Angela is sure that she has a way to have her brothers buy her the snowshoes she wants, thus giving her the best Christmas ever, until her mother invites Nanette Manoir, whose parents are away, to spend the holiday with the family.

Angela wears her brand new, bright orange jacket to school only to realize that it is Saint Patrick's Day and everyone else is wearing green--and they all want to pinch her because she is not.

When Mrs. Brinks asks the class to write a poem about someone they admire, Angela writes about her dog King, but Mrs. Brinks thinks the poem is about her and Angela grapples with telling the truth and to further her frustration, when a substitute fills in for Mrs. Brinks and helps Angela with a project, Angela makes a mess of things. Original.