The already topsy-turvy life of a seventh-grader is further complicated when her mother, a well-known author of children's books, writes a spicy adult novel.
While spending summer vacation on an Indian reservation, twelve-year-old Joni has a difficult time getting along with Sarah Birdsong and her friends, who seem to hold her responsible for the prejudice they experience outside the reservation.
Fourth grader Josh suffers from being the class "klutz, " befriends an elderly gentleman in a home for the aged, becomes a hero, and finally makes a friend and wins his class's acceptance.
Julie, a busy high school sophomore suddenly stricken with epileptic seizures, must learn to live with her condition as the doctors attempt to control it through medication.
A young boy begins to wonder why people tell him he has an "interesting" face when a television producer comes to his school seeking a child star for a commercial.
