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After agreeing to take on the responsibilities of being Peter's campaign manager during his run for class president, Claudia learns that managing is more than making colorful posters, especially when Peter's running mates begin using dishonest tactics to secure votes.

Claudia is determined to plan the perfect party and out-do Anna; but first she must work to earn enough money to rent a hall, a band, and supply food.

Claudia tries to talk her friend, Monica, out of trying out for cheerleading fearing that she will be let down because only the cool kids make the squad.

Thirteen-year-old Claudia describes her classmates and life in middle school, and shares some secrets on how to participate in school activities, manage homework, decode teacher personalities, and get involved .

Claudia faces a problem when her longtime crush, Brad, asks for her help on his homework and the new, cute boy at school wants to take her on a date on the same night.

Seventh grader Claudia worries that she will fail Work Week when she begins messing up at her seemingly easy job.

Claudia and Anna compete against one another to see whose team can raise the most money at the school's rummage sale.

Claudia worries when she and the biggest bully in school are paired up to work together on a science project and she realizes her partner's ideas are not very good.

Paired with Jenny, the school bully, for a science project, Claudia must find a way to get along with and understand Jenny and her bullying behavior.

Only the cool kids make the cheerleading squad, and Claudia and her friends aren't very cool.

Claudia's seventh-grade class elections. It's the same every year: the same kids run, and the same kids win.

When Claudia is teamed up with Jenny, the school bully, for a science project, she is afraid to disagree with Jenny's bad ideas.

"It seems as if the Whatever Club is doomed when Adam insists on joining, then wants to play baseball or video games instead of reading magazines and doing other things thirteen-year-old Claudia and her girlfriends are used to doing"--OCLC.