For 12-year-old Julia Richards, life seems to be full of a lot of waiting: waiting for the cicadas to emerge, waiting with her best friend Taylor for the summer to get interesting, even waiting for her parents to let her move into the much cooler room down the hall. But perhaps the waiting might be over after new girl Alyssa and her plushy pink chair arrive across the street on Darcy Lane. However, when Alyssa challenges Julia for Taylor's friendship...

"In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous." --

Los padres de Beba la dejan al cuidado de Nancy, su hermana, y automáticamente la tarde se convierte en un rollo. ¿Qué puede hacer Beba? ¿Obedecer a Nancy, que le ha prohibido hasta salir al jardín? ¿O intentar escapar? ¡Vaya pregunta más tonta! ¿Conseguira Beba huir de su canguro con la ayuda de Eva? Puede. ¿Se lo pasarán bien juntas? ¡Por supuesto!. When Bean's parents leave her in the care of her older sister Nancy for the afternoon,...

"Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse. (It used to be a 78-story treehouse, but they keep getting ideas for more stories!) ... Good thing there's so many fun things to do in the treehouse, because Andy and Terry get stuck babysitting Mr. Big Nose's three grandchildren for the day"--Back cover.

"Zack is thrilled when his best friend on Earth, Bert Jones, visits for the weekend. But when Zack introduces Bert to Drake, his best friend on Nebulon, trouble begins"--

Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment.".

Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.

Poppy has joined her best friend Millie's soccer team--she likes the uniforms and the after-game snacks, but she is not pleased with all the required practices.

Through their year in sixth grade, best friends Brooklyn Patrick, Alex DeRose, and Charlotte Chen confront a series of puzzles that readers are asked to solve.

When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.