When identical twins Elisabet and Jessica Wakefield run against each other for sixth-grade president, they have to decide which of them will drop out so that they can remain friends.
Elisabet and Jessica Wakefield and the girls in their sixth grade class come up with a plan to teach their new teacher and the boys in their class a lesson.
When Jessica and Elisabet's mother becomes ill, Jessica imagines it is much worse and uses that excuse to get out of homework and to possibly get the lead in the school play.
Ted Rogers must win the regional jumping championship or he'll have to sell his horse. When Ted takes a bad fall, Elizabet decides Lucy Benson will take his place. She must compete and win for her sake and Ted's.
Lois has always been too shy about being overweight to join in school activities. She finds the courage to join in a school bike-a-thon, but the school bully doesn't want her to win.