"Popular examines why popularity plays such a key role in our development and, ultimately, how it still influences our happiness and success today. In many ways -- some even beyond our conscious awareness -- those old dynamics of our youth continue to play out in every business meeting, every social gathering, in our personal relationships, and even how we raise our children. Our popularity even affects our DNA, our health, and our mortality in fascinating...

"Outcast Vera and popular jock Max are up against dark forces that stretch much further than their small, coastal town-and into the very heart of evil"--

Sixth-grader Sofia Becker continues her blog about what is happening at Middlebrooke Middle School, this time including some gossip about boys.

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

When the popular girls club takes interest in Mia, she has to decide between being popular and her new cupcake club friends.

Shy, awkward fourteen-year-old Anna is thrust into the spotlight when her father becomes engaged to a very popular actress, leading to both popularity and problems at school.

Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment."

Gary Võ is one of the few Vietnamese kids in his school. He's also shy, so being ignored and excluded by his classmates comes with the territory. Then the most popular guy in his grade offers Gary the opportunity to break into his inner circle: all he needs to do is steal the prized possession of the most beautiful girl they know, Gloria Buenrostro. As Gary gets to know Gloria, he is taken in by her genuine interest in who he really is. Gary must...

"What makes us love Ellen DeGeneres and hate Anne Hathaway? How do politicians move away from policy talk and connect with their voters? Activist and former producer Steven Goldstein breaks down the industry of creating likability and how public figures manufacture their image"--

Roped into running for class president against the most popular girl in school, sixth-grader David discovers another side to his opponent when they also get paired up for the spring musical recital.