Gallagher, Diana G

"It seems as if the Whatever Club is doomed when Adam insists on joining, then wants to play baseball or video games instead of reading magazines and doing other things thirteen-year-old Claudia and her girlfriends are used to doing"--OCLC.

After Claudia is asked to be a junior bridesmaid for her cousin Laura, she goes online to find information about weddings. But when she arrives at Laura's house everything goes wrong, and Claudia wonders if she is going to bring bad luck to the wedding.

When Claudia is teamed up with Jenny, the school bully, for a science project, she is afraid to disagree with Jenny's bad ideas. Claudia wants an "A" on her project so she decides to figure out why Jenny is so mean so they can get to work on a great project. Includes discussion questions and writing prompts.

Thirteen-year-old Claudia describes how she earns money and has fun in her spare time and shares some secrets on how to find jobs that fit one's interest, how to save money and spend it wisely, and how to balance work, family, friends, and school. Includes discussion questions and a writing activity.

Thirteen-year-old Claudia describes her classmates and life in middle school, and shares some secrets on how to participate in school activities, manage homework, decode teacher personalities, and get involved . Includes discussion questions and a writing activity.

Claudia researches weddings after being asked to be a part of her cousin's wedding party, and when things start to go wrong on the big day, Claudia fears she might be bad luck.

Claudia worries when she and the biggest bully in school are paired up to work together on a science project and she realizes her partner's ideas are not very good.

Seventh grader Claudia worries that she will fail Work Week when she begins messing up at her seemingly easy job.

Claudia struggles with her feelings about the tree in which her tree house sits being cut down in order to make room for the much anticipated new pool.

Claudia tries to talk her friend, Monica, out of trying out for cheerleading fearing that she will be let down because only the cool kids make the squad.