As Phoebe and her clique of privileged girlfriends get ready to graduate from eighth grade, a financial scandal threatens her family's security--as well as Phoebe's social status--but ultimately it teaches her the real meaning of friendship.

As Nikki plans how she's going to spend her summer, things get more complicated after she starts hanging out with a visiting student.

Nikki tries to be a pet sitter, but realizes it's harder work than she thought.

Born into a magical family, Zach waits for his own special powers to develop, but when it seems like he may have been skipped, his parents send him to a regular middle school where he learns what it is like to be normal.

While snooping through his sister's diary, Marty finds a partially torn-out page that suggests he maybe a werewolf and he's determined to protect his classmates from himself.

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about the thrilling news that students from Wodehouse Middle School will be taught at various nearby schools, including Mackerel Middle School, due to a ventilation problem.

"Babymouse tries out for the middle school play, but instead of landing the lead role, she gets stuck with playing a clown with one line of dialogue"--

Mia Tang's sixth grade year complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents' motel, and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.

Disappointed to learn that they will not be in many classes together when starting the sixth grade, best friends Piper and Olivia stay in touch by sharing a journal only to realize that their respective goals are taking them further apart.

"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion"--