Opinionated siblings Rafe and Georgia Khatchadorian debate a variety of topics relating to the ups and downs of middle school life and encourage readers to add their own contributions through write-in games and activities.

When Ted awakens to the smell of smoke and cannot find a firefighter, he decides to become one for the day, much to the dismay of his mother, neighbors, principal, and classmates.

The foreman of a large cattle ranch on the Wyoming frontier lives by the honor code of the West even though it means helping lynch a friend or possibly losing the girl he is to marry

A little girl fills her sound box with many words beginning with the letter "v"

Ruby and her friend Louise set up a lemonade stand to earn money to buy matching rings, but Max foils their plan

The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam

Illustrations and brief rhyming text depict police officers responding to a variety of situations, from a broken traffic light to a robbery