Thirteen-year-old Cassie, bemoaning the fact that her family cannot afford designer clothes or exotic vacations, is enchanted with her rich new friend Dana, until an incident makes her see Dana in a different light.
Fourteen-year-old Lydia, always keen to espouse controversial issues, gets varying degrees of support from her three sisters when she forms an alternative school newspaper and campaigns in favor of letting girls try out for the football team.
When his father joins other parents in demonstrating against a teacher who is HIV-positive, Kevin is torn between his loyalty to his father whom he has always considered a hero and his admiration for his favorite sixth grade teacher.
Thirteen-year-old Amy Candler, a clone with superhuman powers, tries to travel back in time to the distant prehistoric past in order to destroy a plague which has resurfaced after being dormant for ages.
Thirteen-year-old Amy Candler, a clone with superhuman powers, enters a plague-ridden human body in order to save millions of lives from a ancient disease.
Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley investigate an outdoor maze to see if it is haunted. When they confront a ghost, they return to find out if the ghost is real.
