Nikki and Deja: Birthday Blues

The second book about Nikki and Deja, two African American third-grade girls who are best friends.

Deja''s birthday is coming up, and she''s been talking about it for weeks. But just before the big day, Auntie Dee gets called away on a business trip and Deja must stay with an elderly neighbor . . . who cooks turnips for dinner and doesn''t even have a color TV! Worse, the machinations of spoiled An...