diaries

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary the story of her haunted jeans and their role in the fluctuating levels of popularity at Mackerel Middle School.

Jamie realizes that middle school is more than crazy as her love life becomes of triangle of crushes, someone gross is attracted to her, she is crushing on Hudson, and he only has eyes for "the Prettiest Girl in the World.".

Nikki Maxwell, having joined the school newspaper staff in an effort to keep details about her crush on Brandon out of Mackenzie's gossip column, is assigned to be the advice columnist, but after getting flooded with letters asking for her guidance, she becomes overwhelmed and must ask her friends Chloe and Zoey for help.

Middle schooler Greg Heffley tells his diary how excited he is to start school this year because his summer vacation was so horrible. In fact, one incident was so terrible that if his older brother Rodrick ever tells anyone, Greg would be the laughing stock of the school. Despite catering to Rodrick's every demand, the embarrassing secret is revealed with surprising consequences.

Keena and her second-grade class go on a field trip to the United States Capitol where they meet a congressman; and Keena makes a big impression, which she documents in her new journal.

When Amelia's friends become caught up in an argument, Amelia finds herself stuck in the middle and is unsure how to resolve things.

School property has been vandalized and Greg Heffley swears he is innocent--sort of. Just as the authorities are about to pin him down a freak blizzard hits, trapping the Heffleys in their home and leaving Greg to wonder whether being stuck with his family for the holidays really is better than facing the punishment he knows is coming when the snow is gone.

Eleven-year-old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919, when her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago, hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.

A young girl describes her feelings when her father decides to leave their home in Mexico to look for work in the United States.

Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help.