Both of Jenny's friends are finalists in the state history contest, but one isn't known for finishing at the top of the class and rumors begin to fly that she's cheating.
Middle schooler Ernestine Smith, having transformed herself into the popular Taffeta upon her move from Pennsylvania to California, finds herself right back where she started when her teacher Mr. Dribble catches her cheating and offers her a chance to start over by magically turning her back into Ernestine.
Provides insights into what is really going on in the lives and thoughts of middle-schoolers through an anthropological study which follows five representative students at a Maryland middle school through the course of one school year.
Audrey is not sure how to get to know Mailee, the new girl in school, so she secretly circulates a notebook with space to comment on all the sixth-grade girls.
Provides information, advice, quizzes, and activities aimed at helping middle school students deal with physical and emotional changes, relationships, peer pressure, and other challenges.
Readers are invited to help solve ten mysteries presented in graphic novel format along with detectives Max Finder and Alison Santos in the town of Whispering Meadows. Includes ten bonus puzzles and a writer's notebook.
