Complicada vida de Claudia Cristina Cortez

"It seems as if the Whatever Club is doomed when Adam insists on joining, then wants to play baseball or video games instead of reading magazines and doing other things thirteen-year-old Claudia and her girlfriends are used to doing"--OCLC.

Claudia's family is caught in a frenzy of wedding preparations for her favorite cousin Laura's wedding, but when things start to go wrong, Claudia worries that she might be a bad luck charm.

After agreeing to take on the responsibilities of being Peter's campaign manager during his run for class president, Claudia learns that managing is more than making colorful posters, especially when Peter's running mates begin using dishonest tactics to secure votes.

Claudia tries to talk her friend, Monica, out of trying out for cheerleading fearing that she will be let down because only the cool kids make the squad.