Tomboy Nicolette Spicer decides to take the advice of her best friend Lindsay and undergo a makeover to get the attention of Ben; but she only has ten days to pull it off.
Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her excitement about the fact that students from Wodehouse Middle School will be going to Mackerel Middle School temporarily.
Middle-schooler Nate Wright must compete with a new rival, the "perfect" Artur, for the grand prize of a customized skateboard in their scout troop contest.
Ginny makes a to do list for her seventh grade year, which includes landing a role in the school play, trying to make friends, ignoring her horoscope, and going to see her grandpa Joe in Florida; but she always seems to come up short in accomplishing any of it.
Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie; but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school.
Five young girls offer advice to succeeding in middle school and addresses issues such as popularity and peer pressure, boys, family problems, bullies, fashion, makeup, and more.
Quizzes, stories, surveys, and activities for middle schoolers addressing such issues as physical and emotional changes, connecting with friends and family, setting goals, and handling peer pressure.
Presents casebooks for ten mysteries taken on by twelve-year-old Max Finder and Alison Santos and encourages the reader to solve the cases; and features "The Case of the Basketball Card Foul," "The Case of the Snake Escape," and others; and includes additional puzzles and the solutions.
Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie; but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school.
