Fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning.

A much-welcomed snow day turns into an embarrassing nightmare for middle-grader Adam Canfield when, after being mugged by high school bullies for his snow-shoveling money, he becomes the focus of major media attention just as his co-editors at The Slash are launching a contest to oust bullies at their school.

Jason, a twelve-year-old autistic boy who wants to become a writer, relates what his life is like as he tries to make sense of his world.

High school sophomore Kara Hendricks grows closer to God when Jordan, her best friend since kindergarten, dumps her for the "cool" crowd.

Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school.

The girls from Camp Lakeview keep in touch through a blog as Priya deals with a science fair project, Alyssa fights for the chance to be featured in an arts magazine, Val vies for a spot in a dance recital, and a Tori attracts the attention of the son of one of her father's clients.

As she begins a very tough last semester of high school, Holland finds herself puzzled about her future and intrigued by a transfer student who wants to start a Lesbigay club at school.

Third-grader Arthur is amazed when he is chosen to be in the school spellathon.

When Buster defeats the Brain in a math contest, he is chosen for the school mathathon. Crushed, the Brain says he's decided to become a comedian and declares Buster the new "brain."

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.