In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself.

When her mother's remarriage takes her family into a much wealthier neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Kristy finds herself surrounded by snobbish girls who compare clothes, make fun of the Baby-sitters Club, and insult her aging dog.

Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes.

While concentrating on her goal of becoming popular, including hiding her eccentric family from the cool crowd, thirteen-year-old Molly discovers that she and her older sisters are half human, half mermaid.

In order to be named Most Popular Rotten Egg in the school yearbook, fourth-grader Bernie Bridges must figure out a way to prove that he is the most popular student at Rotten School.

When twelve-year-old Ana's zoologist parents move the whole family into the zoo, the Sneers--the clan of carnivorous female predators in her class--have even more ammunition to make her life miserable, although she tries to act like a chameleon and fade into the background.

When Danny catches a foul ball while playing in an important school baseball game, and later finds himself on a Ferris wheel that breaks down, he decides not only is he a geek, but maybe a jinx as well.

After moving to a new town, fifth-grader Marty worries about fitting in and must go up against a scientist out for revenge when he discovers a robotic dog in his new house.

When Kayla confesses her crush on Nick, jealous Alice puts a love potion in the punch at her party, but when Kayla realizes that it is not love potion, she must find an antidote before everyone suffers from Alice's mistakes.