In an alternative civilization where the social status of each person is monitored and rated and anyone can drop from celebrity to nobody, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse's popularity ranking is so low her only chance of moving up is to find a good story, so when she meets a group of girls who hide an explosive secret, Aya decides to expose the group and unknowingly puts her own life in danger.

An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party.

"Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's already P.S. 38's rockin'est drummer, finest poet (check out his haiku about Brazil nuts), and deepest thinker--in his own mind. But does Nate have what it takes to hang with Marcus, leader of the school's most notorious posse? Or will he decide that being cool isn't all it's cracked up to be?"--

Starting a new school year, Squish, a meek amoeba who loves the comic book exploits of his favorite hero, Super Amoeba, is determined to get picked for kickball and hang out with the cool kids.

Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious.