Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.

Cheating on a geography mid-term is just the beginning. What was done without much thought leads to big consequences-as you'll discover from six talkative eighth graders who are willing to share every juicy detail. This fast-paced look at some of the minefields of middle school is full of truth, humor, and heart.

Ten-year-old Kailey launches an art protest to keep a developer from spoiling the cove and its tide pools that are special to her and her family and friends.

Depicts Jacki, a teen-ager, whose life is turned upside down when the depression affects her family. Jacki doesn't understand the things that caused it and is determined to overcome their financial woes and focus on friends and a happy ending.

The relationships between three friends change in seventh grade when they discover that two of them have a crush on the same boy.