Popularity Papers

Best friends Lydia and Julie, armed with the notebook in which they recorded lessons about the behavior and taste of popular girls at their elementary school, feel as ready as they will ever be to start middle school, but they face a crisis when Lydia's mom moves her family to London for six months, leaving the girls to face the challenges of middle school alone.

Junior high girls Julie and Lydia deal with romance issues as Julie and Roland become an official couple and Lydia's mom announces she is getting married.

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd and record their findings in the form of a scrapbook.

Lydia starts a band with Julie, Roland, and Jane in an effort to reinvent herself as a rock star.

Junior high girls Julie and Lydia try to deal with the repercussions of their shared notebook being stolen and its secrets revealed to the whole school.

Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.

Junior high girls Julie and Lydia are excited to go on a road trip with Papa Dad and Daddy, and although they begin the trip by observing people and traditions in each new place they visit, their attention begins to shift to sensitive family issues.

When Lydia's parents decide to move the family to London for six months, she and her best friend, Julie, are separated just as middle school begins. Relying on their notebook and cross-Atlantic correspondences, each girl tries to face the difficulties of school life while keeping their spirits up.

Lydia starts a band with Julie, Roland, and Jane in an effort to reinvent herself as a rock star.

Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.