No fair! Michelle has her eye on a shiny new bicycle, but Dad won't buy it for her. Then she finds out her family's house is sitting right on top of an old gold mine! Now Michelle knows just how to get her bike. She's going to dig for gold and buy it herself! But things get out of hand when Michelle's friends come over to help. Will Michelle find gold and get rich, rich, rich? Or will she just be grounded, grounded, grounded?

Michelle is totally excited! Everyone in her class is going to start a business, and she gets to start one with her two best friends--Cassie and Mandy. Their teacher, Mrs. Yoshida, has a cool prize for the kids who make the most money. The girls decide to sell homemade lunches, and are sure they're going to win. After all, Mrs. Y says that teamwork is the most important part of a business. And who makes a better team than three best friends...right?...

Michelle is not happy when she's teamed up with Rachel Tilly for the class bird watching assignment. But then they find a Cassin's Finch--a bird that's hardly ever seen in San Francisco. Now a reporter want to write about Michelle and Rachel. Even put their pictures in the newspaper! They are excited until Michelle finds out that the bird they saw isn't really a Cassin's Finch. Michelle wants to tell the truth right away. But she has another idea....