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When school at Joyce Kilmer Middle School is cancelled due to a snowstorm, Jenny is the only student who is not excited because her former best friend Addie, whose mom has to work, is spending the day at Jenny's house.

Jenny cannot wait for the sixth and seventh graders' sleepover at Camp Einstein, but when Jenny and her friends learn they have to share a cabin with Pops Addie and Dana, they fear their fun time will be ruined by rivalries and jealousy.

Jenny feels confident about starting middle school, until she finds that her friend Addie has other plans that don't include her.

An annotated list of books selected to complement middle school curriculums in the areas of math, history, science, and English; grouped by topic, with an author/title index.

Provides annotations for more than three hundred fiction and nonfiction books that support and enhance the middle school curriculum.

Profiles fifty novels for grades 4-8 that present character traits worth emulating.

Provides guidance for new middle schoolers on a wide range of topics, such as combination locks, getting to class on time, what technological devices are allowed, how the teachers differ from elementary ones, and activities, as well as why friendships end, how to handle crushes and relationships, and getting along with one's parents, and includes a guide to getting through the first day.

Six middle school students try to navigate difficult social situations while forming friendships, resolving disputes, and handling gossip, exclusion, bullying, peer pressure, and more, with quizzes, comics, tips, resources, and character narratives.

Six students at Milldale Middle School struggle to fit in with the other teens, questioning whether or not they measure up in looks, popularity, smarts, and athletic ability.

After beating up Maurice on the playground, Butterball is is forced to see the school therapist.

Addie promises that she can get a star performer to sing at the school's annual winter dance as a ploy to increase ticket sales, but her bluff forces her friend Jenny to save both Addie and the dance.