middle school students

Draws from interviews with middle school students to show what they need from their teachers; discussing expectations, understanding, social forces, parents, transitioning to high school, and other related topics.

Jenny and her friends come up with a plan to challenge the Pops and their own exclusive "pep squad," hoping to win the fall spirit week competition.

Jenny is determined to find out who her secret admirer is, but first she must try and figure out a way to help her two best friends make up.

When the middle school advice columnist, Madame X, starts writing about things only Jenny and her friends are aware of, Jenny sets out to uncover the true identity of the author.

Jenny and Addie make a bet over who will raise the most money at the school fundraiser, and both try to get the new girl to join their team.

Jenny McAfee's friends try to convince Jenny to run for class president against her former best friend, Addie, who is running unopposed with The Pops firmly behind her.

Middle school student Jenny McAfee is thrilled when two of her friends are chosen as finalists in the annual statewide history test challenge, but when rumors start that one of them cheated, Jenny decides to find out the truth.

Jenny McAfee feels totally prepared to start sixth grade until her best friend Addie Wilson decides to hang out with The Pops--the coolest seventh graders in the school.

Callie Singer finds herself in the running for student council president, but doesn't take the race too seriously, sure she will lose to the popular Brianna Blake, but when Brianna takes her dirty campaigning too far, Callie decides she is not going to give up without a fight.

Provides advice for kids on how to deal with a variety of situations related to middle school, such as homework overload, problems with teachers, avoiding fights, getting a bad haircut, coping with cliques, and others.