Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters

Twelve-year-old Lizbeth always has a plan, and those plans have usually worked-until now. No matter what she tries, she can't get rid of her dad's new girlfriend, Claire. And when she and her mom move, Lizbeth has to join a sixth-grade class already in progress, where her teacher makes her wear a name tag and she's seated with three notorious "weirdos."

When faced with mandatory participation in a school talent show, Lizbeth and the Weirdos decide to create self-portraits. Reluctantly, Lizbeth finds herself becoming friends with people she thought she had nothing in common with-and coming to terms with the things she can't control.