Melissa J. Morgan

Eleven-year-old Jenna Bloom, contending with the separation of her parents and the unwanted presence of her twin brother and older sister at Camp Lakeview, is determined to make a name for herself by pulling the ultimate prank. Original.

As Brynn struggles to maintain her relationship with Jordan while starring in a professional play, Nat has a huge fight with Tori while in Los Angeles to attend the Academy Awards with her father, who was nominated as Best Actor.

Brynn's just transferred to a brand-new school in a town close by. A town in Bizarro World, that is, where academic excellence is the fast track to popularity and Candace--yes, quiet, seemingly insecure Candace--is the reigning queen bee. Brynn's not sure how she'll ever fit in to this parallel universe, until one day she notices Candace crumbling under the weight of some serious self-imposed stress. So Brynn takes Candace under her wing and teaches her the fine art of chilling out before she turns into a complete basket case at the tender age of thirteen.

Gaby's had it with "The Chelsea Show." So she embarks on her own attention-seeking campaign, and claims the boy on a Survivor-type TV program for teens is her brother. At first this seems like the perfect getpopular- quick scheme. That is, until the boy wins the competition and is awarded the grand prize: a trip to Australia, leaving immediately, WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY Forget popularity--unless Gaby figures out a way to convince her bunkmates that she's on the next flight out to Australia, she'll never be able to show her face at Lakeview again.

During Color War, Natalie buddies up to the sixth division girls and ditches her fifth division friends, who couldn't be more immature. Then Nat inadvertently catches the attention of a sixth division boy, and without so much as a blink of an eye, she's kicked out of the sixth division circle flat on her fifth division butt. Will Nat's friends take her back? Sure, but first she'll have to own up to a lot of immaturity on her part.

The girls go on an overnight and share horror stories around the campfire. But it's the one about Cropsy, the creepy old man who lives just outside the campgrounds and is known for torturing Lakeview campers, that hits closest to home. Especially when Chelsea leaves the group for a bathroom break in the woods and doesn't return after 45 minutes. No sooner do her bunkmates go after her then do they realize they've completely lost their way and are now at the mercy of the evil Cropsy's whims

Jenna is psyched to have all of her friends up to her lake house Greenwood Lake is so much fun, especially on Memorial Day weekend, when they have an annual county picnic and an old-fashioned carnival. The weekend is off to a perfect start . . . until Jenna's brother invites David, her old crush and Sarah's current boyfriend Jenna handles the situation by trying to ignore David. But when the picnic rolls around and she and David are partnered up for the three-legged race, the sparks that fly between them are way too electric to ignore

Having broken her leg practicing for the annual Color Wars competition, Jenna's misery is compounded when she is falsely accused of pulling a series of pranks that could get her sent home, and so, with little to lose, she begins planning her revenge.

During her third year at Camp Lakeview, resident tomboy Priya finds that being best friends with a boy has some drawbacks now that they are both growing up.

Separated from her friends by different bunkhouses and activities, and worried that a classmate will reveal that she is a nerd at home, Sarah's second summer at Camp Lakeview gets even worse when an injury and an attentive boy interfere with her reputation as the camp's star athlete.

Sworn city girl Natalie Goode is actually back--voluntarily--at Lakepuke for more. More mess-food cooking, more bug-infested bunk beds, and even more nature shack (well, maybe not nature shack; a girl has to maintain some standards, after all). And even though the returning 3C-ers have been split up, she's still got Alyssa as her bunkmate and official summertime BFF. Unfortunately, there's a new camper on the scene Tori is sophisticated, literate, and very cute. Good thing Natalie's not the jealous type . . . or is she?

During her second summer at camp, Grace tries to balance her enthusiasm for fun activities, including trying out for a play, with her promise to her parents to read two books.