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Jamie's struggles continue with school issues and grades, especially in math, as she ponders life's big questions.

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret...

When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a robot to show her school friends the joys of science, she ends up learning something from them instead. There's nothing better in the world than being a mad scientist-at least according to Franny. And she's absolutely convinced that, if given the opportunity to be one, every kid in her class would feel the same way. So she's making it her mission to help her classmates discover their own inner...

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about how her "flawless" friend, Angeline, discovers the real reason why Jamie and her best friend, Isabella, agree to join extracurricular clubs at the school.

"...Isabella is probably right. She almost always is...But of all the dumb things she's ever done, this has got to be the dumbest..."--Cover back.

It is summer vacation, and Jamie, Angeline, and Isabella need money so that they can go to Screamotopia Amusement Park, but none of their money-making schemes are very profitable.