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"Perhaps the best place in 1943 Hollywood to see the stars is the Hollywood Canteen, a club for servicemen staffed exclusively by those in show business. Murder mystery playwright Annie Laurence, new in town after a devastating breakup, definitely hopes to rub elbows with the right stars. Maybe then she can get her movie made. But Hollywood proves to be more than tinsel and glamour. When despised film critic Fiona Farris is found dead in the Canteen...
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Middle schooler Anna feels stuck living in small-town rural Pennsylvania with her parents and her pregnant sister who recently moved home from college. She finds escape in movies and befriends Aiden, a cashier at the last remaining video store in the state. When he invites her into his virtual film club, she find acceptance and a way to address the stresses she feels within her family.
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Thomas, Cam, Becca, and Zack make up the History Club, and they work together to stop the evil History Twister from changing history. This time, they travel back in time to the American Revolution in order to stop the History Twister's plot to alter the outcome of America's most famous duel: the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. But soon, the kids realize that this mission has the potential to tear the History Club apart.
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Claudia isn't concerned when she hears her newest baby-sitting charge, Betsy Sobak, is a big practical joker, but when Betsy's joke causes Claudia to break her leg, she starts to think that babysitting may be too dangerous. Then, Claudia considers quitting the Baby-sitters Club, so it's up to Kristy and the other girls to teach Betsy a lesson.