Magnolia

Just as a magnolia tree expresses dignity and suggests perseverance, adventurous sixteen-year-old Magnolia Holden perseveres with dignity and strives to be perfect in everything she does. An exciting summer lies ahead of Magnolia. She s taking flying lessons to earn her private pilot certificate, she s working as a junior ranger at the state park, she s going to Costa Rica to help her mother on an archeological dig, and she s horseback riding with her best friend, Rainy. But sometimes unexpected things can happen things like her mother s dig changing locales and she can t go. Or Rainy falling for a student pilot, Ross, who tells Magnolia that she s the one he wants to be with. Things like working at the park and discovering something that may threaten the bears. Because of Magnolia s passion for flying and her quest to be perfect in everything, she develops a fierce competition with Ross and wants to get her pilot certificate before him, which causes her to lose sight of why she wants to fly: to help the environment and the bears.