Mullarkey, Lisa

All kinds of embarrassing rumors are swirling around TJ's class and mostly he thinks they are pretty funny, until he becomes the target of the gossip--then he needs to find out who started the rumors, and why.

TJ's former best friend, Danny, has just returned from London, but TJ finds that he has changed--he is constantly one-upping everybody, and when he uses his cell phone to send an embarrassing picture of TJ to other kids Danny takes it one step too far.

Livvy, the new girl at school, is a bully who ridicules the other children, and it is up to TJ and his guidance counselor father to work out a strategy that will improve her behavior--and save TJ's birthday party.

When Livvy chooses a goldfish as the class pet, some of the other children decide to freeze her out, and TJ has to choose between his friend and being frozen out himself--or find a way to make them see that their bullying behavior is wrong.

When TJ cheats on a history test and gets chosen to represent his school in a contest, he feels horribly guilty; worse, he finds himself being blackmailed for money by one of his classmates.

Third grader Katharine Carmichael enlists help from her cousin Crockett in order to beat out her classmate Vanessa in thinking up the winning idea for the school-wide service project.

Third grader Katherine finds that her mother's new job in the school cafeteria is causing her major problems and decides to take matters into her own hands.

Third grader Katherine turns to her idol Penelope Parks for advice on overcoming her stage fright and ends up developing a major attitude.

Third grader Katherine is accused of cheating on a math test and is embarrassed when she has to be tutored by her kindergarten teacher.

Discusses the difference between cheer tumbling and stunting and describes basic moves in both.