While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text remind the reader that any achievement may be preceded by mistakes, and learning from them makes accomplishments sweeter.

"Though Henry Khoo is twelve years old, he's still treated like a baby. He's forbidden from going anywhere without his sister/chaperone/bodyguard. And he definitely CAN'T take a journey halfway around the world all by himself! But that's exactly his plan. After his family's annual trip to visit his father in Singapore is canceled, Henry decides he doesn't want to be cooped up at home with his overprotective family and BFF turned NRFF (Not Really Friend...

When the Beat Bugs throw a birthday party for Katter the Pillar, she's unable to enjoy the festivities, as she adjusts to her growing and changing body.

“Tất nhiên, một ngày tôi sẽ nổi tiếng, nhưng than ôi, bây giờ tôi đang bị mắc kẹt ở trường với một lũ trẻ con ngốc không để đâu cho hết”. Hơn bất cứ ai, chú bé Greg Hefley biết rõ rằng làm một cậu nhóc thật vô cùng phiền toái. Cậu nhận ra mình đang bị mắc kẹt ở trường trung học, nơi những đứa trẻ yếu ớt lúc nào cũng phải đi chung hành...

Cuando Oso pierde un diente, le cuenta a Franklin sobre el hada del diente. Como las tortugas no tienen dientes, Franklin deja una piedrecita debajo de la almohada para engañar al hada. No tiene éxito, pero Franklin se sorprende cuando sus padres les dan un regalo especial por 'hacerse mayor'. Franklin wants teeth so that the tooth fairy will visit and leave a present for him.

"Derek Fallon discovers all the angst that comes with being twelve--he just wants to feel grown up, but life gets in the way with a series of mishaps that make him look like a baby"--

On his first vacation without his parents, eight-year-old Myron faces a scary grandfather, teasing older cousins, his first dive off the ten-foot board, and his grandmother's encouragement to write his mother daily, telling her of his adventures.

After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.