Moss, Marissa

Max uses his treasured notebook to record his confusion about his divorced parents' dating lives, his insecurities, his fears, and his outlandish ideas and grand inventions.

Max writes down his thoughts and ideas in the form of comics and contraptions while dealing with pimply older brothers, school, and the fights his parents get into.

Amelia is assigned to a group science fair project.

Max continues to scribble down his worst fears about his parents, his ideas about whether the aliens built the pyramids, and his creative thoughts about various scientific concepts.

In her diary, fourth-grader Daphne Davis draws and writes about her attempt to stop classmates from thinking she has cooties after what she thought would be a "cool" vampire outfit makes her the laughingstock of costume day.

Daphne uses her diary to chronicle her first day of fourth grade, which does not turn out to be as wonderful as she expected thanks to a series of unfortunate mishaps.

Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved him! Allan Pinkerton's life changed when he helped the Chicago Police Department track down a group of counterfeiters. From there, he became the first police detective in Chicago and established the country's most successful detective agency. He went on to solve more than 300 murders and recover millions of dollars in stolen money. However, his greatest contribution was protecting Abraham Lincoln on the way to his 1861 inauguration. Though assassins attempted to murder Lincoln en route, Pinkerton foiled their plot and brought the president safely to the capital.

Amelia learns that gossip can harm friendships when things get out of hand at school.

Amelia has entered the eighth grade and boys, friends, and school dances become very important to her.