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Sixth-grader Meg Summers and her family move to a new state every few years as her alcoholic father tries to get a fresh start, but when Meg finally makes a real friend, they all find the strength to try to change their destiny.

As Grace and her classmates study foods from other cultures, she has the opportunity to ponder such mysteries as whether Owen 1 is really bad or not, why she feels jealous when her father helps her best friend with her hot dog report, and how Augustine Dupre, her family's French boarder, can be so wise.

In the Chinese Year of the Rat, a young Taiwanese American girl must learn to find the beauty in change when she faces several challenges.

Korean American fourth-grader Clara Lee longs to be Little Miss Apple Pie, and when her luck seems suddenly to change for the better, she overcomes her fear of public speaking and enters the competition.

Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year.

Pearl feels isolated and alone at school, but at home she feels loved and secure until her grandmother's illness.

Ruby Lu's father loses his job on her first day of third grade, which causes many things in her life to change, and she is willing to do a lot to help out but giving up some things seems impossible.

In 1963, when his family moves across town to a new school district in Ottawa, Canada, twelve-year-old Rex conspires with best friends James, Kathy, and Buster to attend the school in his old neighborhood.

After being homeschooled her whole life, Heidi Heckelbeck enters a real school in second grade, where she encounters a mean girl named Melanie who makes her feel like an alien.

"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working.

Winnie Perry is certain that she will gain more courage and responsibilities with her tenth birthday and, with her best friend Amanda by her side, Winnie is determined to make the most of her last year of elementary school.

When she gets glasses, Heidi's friend Lucy gets a lot of attention at school, and eight-year-old Heidi decides that she must have glasses too, until her Aunt Trudy helps her to see that she really does not need them.

Winnie's thirteenth year brings many joys and challenges as she negotiates her relationship with her first boyfriend and realizes that change is inevitable in her friends, family, and even herself.

Fourteen-year-old Winnie counts down the days until she begins high school, but turmoil in her relationships with Lars, Dinah, Cinnamon, and her family provide Winnie with a distraction that allows her to ignore her own issues.

When a classmate makes fun of her name, eight-year-old Stella picks a new one for herself, but discovers that the name she abandoned suits her just fine.