Young Adult Revisited

So, a new place opened in my city that has a massive warehouse book sale twice a month. Everything in the store is just $1. Needless to say, I was more than a little excited to find even more Nancy Drew books and some BSC books I didn't have, including this one. Claudia is back in good old eighth grade but feeling like everyone keeps pulling her in 900 different directions. Not only is she still sitting, but her seventh grade friends want to hang out, she has BSC meetings, the club members want to hang out with her, her parents want her to spend more time on her homework, and her boyfriend Josh wants more time with her. Plus, now Janine wants more of her time. After making plans to hang out with her seventh grade friends and go shopping for earrings, she remembers that she already had plans with Josh. Josh winds up going with them but complains a lot and makes it clear that he wishes they could go out just the two of them. It doesn't help that they have plans to...

Bess lost five pounds and went from Nancy's chubby friend to a finalist for the Face of the Year overnight. The contest brings a bunch of amateur models in from across the country for a shot at winning a modeling contract. Think of it like the pre-Internet version of Top Model. Since George has a tennis contest and can't go, Nancy agrees to go to Chicago with her. They check into their hotel just in time to learn that the other models already left for their first shoot and hurry to catch up. The girls all pose next to a railing by the water, but one of the girls slips and falls over the side. Everyone thinks Maggie just tripped, but Nancy finds evidence that someone cut the railing. This one girl, Heather, makes comments that reveal she has some professional experience and makes fun of Maggie. The other girls point out all the mean things she said about them. All the girls also meet Thom, one of the main guys associated with the competition and Roger Harlan,...