A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class.

"Skyler Hanson is a fashion expert. So when snooty Madison Gillette challenges her to transform a Mathlete into a dream date before the Valentine's Day Dance, Skyler takes the bet. But nerdy Nathan Stillman is a handful. He does everything his own way, from wearing science googles to playing drums in a misfit rock band. The more Skyler tries to change him, the more he changes her. Can she make over the mathlete? Or will Skyler become a fashion victim?"--p.[4]...

When awkward, socially inept Cara moves to a new school just before junior year, her best friend urges her to seize the opportunity and change her life using "The Ladder"--a concept that will allow her to climb to the top of the social order by transforming herself into the perfect girlfriend for the most popular boy in school.

Sarah Anne loves lacrosse, and the MK Nightshade series that everyone was obsessed over in grade school. The problem is that she's still obsessed, which is way too nerdy for a popular kid like her. So she hides her geekiness with a set of rules meant to keep her geek and jock selves separate. Except when she's offered a spot in a Nightshade fandom contest, where the winner gets to see the new movie premiere in LA. No one seems to think Sarah Anne...

"A workbook for teens about what popularity is, why some kinds are healthier than others, and how teens can grow their social intelligence"-- "This book is NOT about knocking down those who are popular, or an attempt to convince teens that popularity is a bad thing. In fact, research points to the exact opposite: likeability is important!. It is not elusive or granted only to a select few. Anyone can become their own kind of popular with a little...

When Anna abandons her best friend, Julisa, to spend time with Kayla and Melanie, whose friendship is considered very special, she soon learns that she has little in common with her new friends.

When a list appears online ranking the top fifty prettiest girls in the eighth grade, everything turns upside down. Eve Hoffman, ranked number one, can't ignore how everyone is suddenly talking about her looks. Sophie, the most popular girl in school, feels lower than ever when she's bullied for being ranked number two. Nessa Flores-Brady didn't even make the list, but she doesn't care -- or does she? The three girls ban together to find out who made...

When her father's job moves them from Texas to Maine, Cassie, who is known as Miss Popularity at her Texas school, discovers that the students at her new school are prim and proper and do not find her very likeable.

Nikki Maxwell is determined to help out Brandon save an animal shelter, but when she and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, Mackenzie has to stick her nose in and cause trouble.