popularity

Chloe Blin is determined to find out how to be popular, confident, and in love. Unfortunately she has to deal with mean girl cliques, fashion faux-pas, and trying to impress the cutest boy in school with her sweet moves... only to fall completely flat. Whether it's rocking a party that goes sideways or making the best of a less than ideal vacation, Chloe may not always get it right at first but she doesn't give up!.

Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.

At Swaziland's Keziah Christian Academy, where the wealth and color of one's father determines one's station, once-popular Adele bonds with poor Lottie over a book and a series of disasters.

Kristy's family moves to a new neighborhood where the kids make fun of Louie, Kristy's pet collie, who's going blind. The Baby-sitters are not going to let them get away with it.

"Becca moves to an upscale Silicon Valley suburb and is surprised when she develops a bond with girls who belong to the popular clique--and even more surprised when she learns their secrets"--Provided by publisher.

When Izzy moves to a tiny town for her parents' job, she's not thrilled. The silver lining is their gorgeous old mansion, the former home of an artist's muse who died in a fire. But the house has quirks: whole floors are closed, paintings are covered, and cell reception is nonexistent.

"Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she's the family outcast, lacking her parents' innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement. Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year, spending his days thinking about parties and friends. Instead he's taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn't recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father's death might be something more . . . sinister. When Maxwell and Vera join forces, they come face to face with deeply disturbing true stories of cults, death worship, and the very nature that drives people to evil"--Provided by publisher.

"Twelve-year-old Jamal has always lived in his twin brother Malik's shadow. All he wants in the world is to know, just for one day, what it's like to be his more popular, more talented, and more confident brother. So when a mysterious man named Dr. Facilier appears and offers Jamal the opportunity to do just that, Jamal jumps at the chance. But when he wakes up the next morning to find his dream has come true, he learns it comes at a terrible cost"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Delia's obsession with being fashionable and popular at her elite private school turns scary when she acquires a cursed coat from the fashion house of Cruella De Vil.

Following the events of Camp Clique, it's Maisy's turn to get her former friend Bea accepted into a desirable social clique at school.