Philippa is miserable at an all girls' boarding school in Switzerland until she forms a supportive friendship with the mysterious Paul.

Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.

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 6th grade at their respective schools and to new situations at home.

After a lifetime of conforming to the image of what her parents and high school friends want her to be, Sarah must come to terms with her own identity when her destructive best friend tries to commit suicide. Told in the form of free-verse poems.

To complete a class assignment at his high school in rural Vermont, Kyle and his friends Quake and Diana do a social protest project involving alcohol.

Tess has always loved math, and she uses mathematical concepts to help her understand things in her life, so she is dismayed to find out how much math and life can change in eighth grade.

When openly gay Manuel transfers to Paul's high school, Paul, a born again Christian, begins to question his own sexuality.

Lisa Atwood just cannot work up the nerve to tell her mother she really does not want to go to Wentworth Manor, especially after she wins a full scholarship, so her friends in the Saddle Club come up with a plan to make Mrs. Atwood have second thoughts about the fancy boarding school.

The reader's choices control the course of Haley's sophomore year at a new high school as she navigates the social scene, deciding whether she wants to become a queen bee, a wannabee, a freak, or a geek.

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.