Wow, thanks to both of you for your help on this!
Puppy - It very well could be that I made a mistake on the title, since the last time I saw the book I was 10. However, that site has no picture of the book cover, so I have no way to know if it is or not. But 1985 sounds about right so I'm going to research this more. Thank you again, I really thought I'd never find this book.
Take care,
~Shannon :-)~