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Nick is determined to clear his brother's name when a vicious rumor jeopardizes Markus's lacrosse scholarship.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Because of his reputation for practical jokes Jackson Greene is the automatic suspect for anything that goes wrong at school--but when he and his friends are framed for a crime they did not commit, Gang Greene sets out to expose the students responsible, who are trying to blackmail Jackson into helping them cheat on an important test.

Dara Simons and Will Halpern are head of the senior class at Greenpoint High, competitors for valedictorian, but also dating each other, a fact that they kept secret until Rumor Has It, an anonymous gossip site, spilled the beans--but worse is to come because the site posts a video that seems to show Dara accusing Will of paying someone to take the SAT for him and suddenly Will is under investigation and his relationship with Dara is on the rocks,...

It's hard to find a place for yourself when you're walking in the shadow of a school legend. That's the problem 15-year-old Laurel Quinn has faced every day of her school life. She loves her brother, Jack -- a jock, a brain, and one of the most popular guys in school -- but she's tired of being known only as his little sister. In an attempt to establish her own identity, Laurel becomes a reporter for the school paper. After months of invisible...

When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.

In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy as 83 cadets, including the son of the school's football coach, are implicated and ultimately dismissed.

When TJ cheats on a history test and gets chosen to represent his school in a contest, he feels horribly guilty--worse, he finds himself being blackmailed for money by one of his classmates.

Jessica worries about the consequences of exposing a cheating friend.

Cheating on a geography mid-term is just the beginning. What was done without much thought leads to big consequences-as you'll discover from six talkative eighth graders who are willing to share every juicy detail. This fast-paced look at some of the minefields of middle school is full of truth, humor, and heart.