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George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other two hide in the tree house and play video games all day-then they switch! But when their malicious gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, creates a method of mind control that turns their fellow students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, the future of all humanity will be in their hands!
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Young Joe and Ravi think they have nothing in common. Joe has lived in the same little town his whole life, but recently his best friends moved away, leaving him alone. Ravi and his family just moved there from India, and he just wants to fit in. When the two boys run afoul of the same bully, they discover they do have something in common after all, and scheme together to take control of their lives.
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Every year the fourth grade has to do a plan and complete a service project for the school and community, and after a particularly unappetizing school lunch Finley suggests that they should plant a vegetable garden--but when the radishes she and her friends Henry and Olivia plant take too long to sprout she gets very frustrated.
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Halloween is coming and Finley and her friend Henry are busy planning their costumes for the school parade--but when they get to school they discover that their costumes are missing and they have to think fast to manufacture substitutes, preferably ones that will not dissolve when it starts to rain.
12) Best friends-ish
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So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes, because she is not really the best at anything. The other girls leave her out, and even her Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys. But things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade. To Audrey L (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common...
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There's never a dull moment in Room 11. Smashie McPerter and her best friend, Dontel Marquise, are thrilled that their class and other third-graders will be participating in a performance to showcase their talents to their families and friends. Smashie desperately wants to sing, but is seems her teacher and classmates are determined to steer her in another, non-vocal direction. Smashie's hurt feelings are put to one side, however, as she and Dontel...
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Catalina is excited to find out a new student, Esmeralda, has joined her third-grade class at Valle Grande Elementary School. But despite Catalina's attempts to introduce herself, Esme won't talk to anyone but her own cousin, Jazmín. Could Jazmín be keeping Esme from making new friends? According to Catalina's frenemy Pablo, it's just like what happened to the secret princess in the telenovela hit The Hidden Crown! With Tía Abuela's magical...