"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless--an outcast--because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She...

Victor Starspeeder is excited to be starting school at the Jedi Academy. His sister, Christina is NOT, in fact, she's horrified that her annoying brother will be there to cramp her style. Victor lands himself in detention more than he means to, supervised by . Yoda. Yoda tries to channel Victor's talents, forcing him to join the drama club: "Learn to control your anger, you must! Successfully manage their emotions, a good Jedi can. Box step and jazz...

When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.

How bad was it in junior high? Comics artists visualize the anguish in this honest, acutely perceptive compendium of cartoon black humor. Editor Schrag, who relived her high-school years in several books, adds herself to an impressive roundup of artists, including Aaron Reiner, Lauren Weinstein, and Daniel Clowes, whose comics were adapted into an Oscar-nominated movie, Ghost World . The comics hit the mark in terms of emotional content, whether the...

After shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.

Squish the amoeba neglects his homework, parents, friends, and even his Super Amoeba comic books when he discovers the video game Mitosis.

When the students in Mr. Wolf's class learn about personal narratives, Sampson doesn't think anything worth writing about has ever happened to him, until a bicycle accident gives him a new perspective.

A class of fourth-graders who join new teacher Mr. Wolf for a year that begins with new friendships, a special show-and-tell item, a busy agenda and a sleepy disappearance.

Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the day class and the night class. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the guardians of the school, protecting the day class from the Academy's dark secret: the night class is full of vampires!