Brooke and Madeline plan to be best friends forever, until challenges in middle school cause cracks in their relationship, and they must determine if the friendship is worth salvaging.

When her mother plans to move to Australia with her new husband and baby, Floss must decide whether her loyalties lie with her mother or her father, while at the same time, her best friend begins to make fun of her and reject her.

Del Bloom and her fmaily are busy preparing flowers for the town's Homecoming festivities. And Del is also preparing to ask her crush, Hamilton, to the big game! But then the Blooms discover that the rival flower shop, Fleur, has been hired instead of them to make the rose bouquets for the Homecoming parade. Worst of all, the owner of Fleur is Hamilton's mom, so Del can't even confide in him. It's up to Del to think of a brilliant flower fix -- and fast.

Devon cannot believe she's lying again. But the thing is, she couldn't help it. Her new boyfriend, Luke is talking to his ex-girlfriend every single day in mock trial. Devon can't just stand by and let him find out that she'd never dated anyone else before.

The Malloy girls and the Hatford boys try to outdo each other in a quest to earn money and choose how to participate in the annual Buckman, West Virginia, Strawberry Festival. Summer is around the corner, and the rivalry between the Malloys and the Hatfords is heating up! The kids have two weeks to earn money for a fundraising contest sponsored by the local hospital. Those who collect $20 or more for the new children's wing can choose to be in the annual Strawberry Festival Parade or get all the strawberry treats they can eat. There's only one place Caroline Malloy-wants to be: smack dab in the middle of the glamourous Strawberry Queen's float. But how will she earn the money in such a short time? Do the Hatford brothers have moneymaking secrets that they're not telling the girls?

Julep has an older sister and a younger brother and feels invisible until the most popular girl at school invites her to a party.

Lily transforms from a model student to a rule-breaker with unexpected consequences.

She was no longer the boring girl who hid in her bedroom eating mounds of chocolate every night. She was the new and improved Maggie Bean, and she was going to do her best to convince Peter Applewood that she was the girl for him. At the end of her tumultuous year, Maggie Bean is a very happy, healthy girl. After months of Pound Patrollers attendance, diet, and tough swim workouts, the scale now reads 146. But Maggie isn't resting on her laurels - she's got a busy summer ahead. Not only is she new and improved, but she's decided now is the right time to tell Peter her true feelings"--Publisher

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her search for inner beauty, dealing with fund raising, and problems in Phys ed class.

Kenny has been fighting with the Emma Hughes and the Sleepover Club has been banned from having any more sleepovers!

When her family is selected to star in a scripted television program where they have an ideal life together, Cassie, who has recognized that her parents are having relationship problems, wonders if a happy family life is possible.

I dreaded coming to camp Pine Haven and my first week here was the worst. While my best friend was sunbathing on the beach in Hawaii, I was stuck with outdoor showers, a rickety cabin, and only one friend--quiet, boring Melissa. Then the "Evil Twins" showed up. It turned out they're totally cool and they wanted to be my friend! They're not really evil -- well, not to me, at least. They AREN'T too nice to Melissa. We started playing a few pranks and it's kind of gotten out of control. I know I should put a stop to things, but I don't want to lose my only friends here. I just hope that I don't do anything I regret.

Who says polo is a boys' game? Georgie is determined to pull together a girls' team to compete in the Blainford Round Robin. Meanwhile, Riley and James are both fighting for her attention... Who will she choose?

Twelve-year-old Sophie is excited to have the opportunity to audition for a television commercial until she learns the company is Beatrice's Brownies, the biggest competitor to her best friend's family's cupcake shop. Includes recipes for chocolate treats.

"It's been two years since Flora and Ruby moved to Camden Falls. They've always gotten along as friends and as sisters, but now they're starting to fight all the time. Nobody--not their friends, not their grandmother--knows why, or what to do. In the end, it might take a whole town to get them back together and make them realize how much they've grown up since their parents died and their lives changed so much. Staying together isn't easy--but with both friends and sisters, it's the most important thing."--P. [4] of cover

Nikki's diary describes a frightful Halloween, on which she helps with her sister's ballet class party at the same time she is Brandon's date for their middle school Halloween dance, where she has promised to spend the evening with her two best friends.

During World War II, eleven-year-old Felicity is sent from London to Bottlebay, Maine, to live with her grandmother, aunt, uncle, and a reclusive boy who helps her decode mysterious letters that contain the truth about her missing parents.

When the magic wind switches Katie into her mother just before a tap dancing audition, Katie panics, ruining her mother's big chance to appear on television.

Having left summer camp to return home, the girls from bunk 3C use a blog to keep one another informed of their struggles adjusting to sixth grade at their respective schools and to new situations at home.