While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.

When Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark a classroom-wide battle.

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.

Throughout school, Nate Torres has always been known as a quitter, but after he sinks his first basket in a back-alley half-court, Nate discovers a passion and a talent for basketball that inspires him to try harder so he can qualify for the school's team.

When Ann worries that she is not good enough to participate in Sports Day, her teacher encourages her to try her best.

Zoe, unhappy to be moving once again, falls in with the Beckoners, a group of bullies at her new school, but soon finds herself trying to get free from the gang whose actions against their favorite target, a girl they call Dog, are escalating to violence.

Jonathan doesn't want his father to think he's a quitter, but middle school basketball--under the lash of a gung-ho coach--is turning out to be anything but fun.

Ten-year-old Queen learns valuable life lessons about being a good firend when Leroy, a new kid in the neighborhood, comes to Queen's school.

After accidentally killing a dragon, Wiglaf hopes his friends at Dragon Slayers' Academy will be able to help him prove himself a hero when he faces that dragon's mother, Seetha, the Beast of the East.

Fancy Nancy and her class learn about poetry and write their own poems to read on Family Day at school.