While trying to figure out the meaning of life, Amelia learns that even when the world is scary and life is as mystifying as ever, some things, such as friends, do last.

On Halloween, when her father cancels their plans, Amelia and her Aunt Tanner throw a party that brings out the little monsters.

Amelia McBride faces more changes as her Aunt Tanner prepares to move away, new friend Trish hides a terrible secret, and super-hero-wannabe Reggie vows to destroy the evil Legion of Steves.

After the funeral of a great-aunt she never met, Amelia McBride is pressured into joining a game of spin-the-bottle with "the ninjas," who turn out to be the sons of Aunt Tanner's childhood enemy, Julie.

After a shared homework assignment goes awry, Rhonda and Amelia figure out why they are always fighting, while "superhero" Reggie and "ninja" Kyle try to become archenemies.

When her Aunt Tanner brings out a box of mementos, ten-year-old Amelia Louise McBride learns things about her family history that help her deal with such current issues as her first date and the deployment of a friend's father to Iraq.

Amelia Louise McBride's eleventh birthday party is fabulous, but soon her friends are fighting all the time, she gets a terrible report card, and when she summons the courage to tell a boy how she feels about him, she learns why it is called a "crush."

Amelia McBride and her friends at Joe McCarthy Elementary School try to figure out how to be popular, or at least not to be unpopular.