Cody, Quinn, Luke and M.E. (aka the Code Busters Club) like to create codes then solve them, so when they notice something odd going on with their neighbor, the so-called Skeleton Man, they resolve to decipher his codes to unravel a mystery involving a possible hidden treasure before it's too late. Includes more than 15 codes for kids to decipher and a website with additional puzzles and codes.

Presents advice for parents of middle school students, discussing how they can best help their children overcome pressures to conform, develop a positive self image, express gratitude, and plan their future. --Publisher's description.

Piper is excited to help her mom plan a big party for another girl her age. After all, who doesn t love a good party? But when Piper and her mom arrive, they are in for an unpleasant surprise: A spoiled little girl, a huge mansion, and a list of impossible demands from the birthday girl that includes a real-life princess and grape jelly beans. How will they ever pull off the show-stopping party that Emmy is demanding? It seems like no matter what...

"Best-selling and award-winning authors take on the brave new world of middle school in this remarkable collection, brimming with humor and heart. Subjects range from peer pressure, homework, family issues, and cultural barriers to the unexpected saving graces of music, art, friendship, and reading. This engaging anthology, filled with texts, emails, formal letters, stories in verse, first-person narratives, and even a short graphic novel, shines...

In a return to middle-grade fiction, master of perspectives Jo Knowles depicts a younger sibling struggling to maintain his everyday life when his older sister is in crisis. Noah is just trying to make it through seventh grade. The girls are confusing, the homework is boring, and even his friends are starting to bug him. Not to mention that his older sister, Emma, has been acting pretty strange, even though Noah thought she'd been doing better ever...

"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself: his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, and his body needs to heal...

When everything things go wrong for middle schooler Jordan, he finds ways to keep his cool through humor and banging on drums (a lot), in a hilarious, true middle grade story

Fifth-grader Sadie and her friends in the cupcake club face their toughest challenge yet when they compete in the televised Battle of the Bakers.