Carly was turning 13 she had to have the best 13th birthday she wanted to plan her own birthday party. It took a very long time for them to plan it and she had problems with people but at the end every thing worked out the way she hoped.

Lydia Goldbatt and Julie Graham-Chang are best friends and they were geting ready to go to middle school. Then Lydia had to move to England they both kept in touch but Julie took it hard she just misted her best friend all Julie wanted to be cool thats all she wanted she was and so was Lydia.

This book was about a girl named Chrissa, she moved into her grandma's house because her grandpa died she went to a new school and the girls at her table keep being mean to her then one of the girls talked and she spent the night at her house they became freinds the girlshad to go to the princaple's office then Chrissa took a stand.