From the files of Madison Finn

Summer ends too fast when you're dreading junior high Twelve-year-old Madison Finn is allergic to change. Her two best friends are away at camp and Madison is not sure she's going to survive the summer, let alone the beginning of junior high. Good thing she has a new laptop, which she uses to write and store all of her thoughts on friendship, her parents' divorce, and her fear of being called a loser for not liking sushi! At first, change seems like...

When Far Hills Junior High puts on a play, can Madison survive the drama? The seventh grade gets stage fever when Far Hills Junior High decides to perform the musical The Wiz. Since Madison doesn't sing or dance, stage manager seems like the perfect role for her-until she begins to feel left out from all the cast action. Worst of all, her two best friends are partnering up with their nemesis, Ivy, both in and out of rehearsal. The play is bringing...

Madison can't reverse her parents' divorce, but helping animals in need is a great distraction Holidays can be extra hard when your parents are divorced, and Madison is facing her first Thanksgiving since the "big D." She's used to having a full house, but when her relatives from Chicago can't make it, she feels like there's nothing to be thankful for this year. "Trying to be fair and square is impossible when you feel like part of a triangle," she...

The Far Hills Junior High war of the sexes is about to begin Spring has sprung, but Madison has the seventh-grade superblues. She's behind on her homework, each of her parents has started dating again, and she forgets to have her mom sign the permission slip for the science-class field trip. Her feelings for her crush, Hart, get even more confusing when their science teacher divides the class into two teams for the trip-boys vs. girls-with a competition...

Maddie has the red, white, and blues this Fourth of July! The Fourth of July is super special in Far Hills. Everyone goes to the carnival, parade, and fireworks display-including all of Madison's BFFs. Even her crush, Hart, is going. But Maddie's excitement deflates when she learns she will have to spend the holiday week at Gramma Helen's house on Lake Michigan. Maddie adores her gramma, but missing out on all the fun back home has her feeling the...

Just when Madison thinks she's loveless, she gets a strange red envelope and an e-mailbox filled with messages. Boy by boy, she tries to figure out the identity of her secret admirer.

Just when Madison thinks she's loveless, she gets a strange red envelope and an e-mailbox filled with messages. Boy by boy, she tries to figure out the identity of her secret admirer.

When Madison's friends become the victims of online gossip, Maddie must find the culprit-before she's blamed for telling secrets Madison seems to be out of the loop these days. News travels so fast around school and online, and Madison is the last to know anything. A new online bulletin board called The Wall has captured the attention of Maddie and her friends. On The Wall, anonymous postings about people keep popping up-and they can be pretty mean....

Maddie has turned super sleuth! Every week, Madison can't wait for her favorite show, Crime Time-she loves mysteries and knows she would make a great detective. So when her flute teacher's priceless sheet music goes missing, Maddie decides to solve the case. As she collects the clues and compiles the list of suspects, Maddie realizes that the thief could be anyone! But soon, playing detective starts to get in the way of Maddie's friendships, and snooping...

Madison is tired of all the secrets-why can't everyone just keep it real? Madison's not sure if her imagination is working overtime. Everyone-including her mom-is acting different! When Maddie checks out a new feature on TweenBlurt.com, she finds out her keypal, Bigwheels, has been keeping things from her. And then Hart sends a mean email about Madison-is he keeping secrets too? The truth is not always obvious, and Maddie isn't sure how to get the...

When Far Hills Junior High becomes the subject of a documentary, everyone is star struck-except Madison Maddie's friends all think her mom has a glamorous job, but Maddie has mixed feelings. She thinks it's neat that her mom makes important movies about things like gorillas and travels to exciting places. But ever since the Big D, her mother works more than ever. When her mom's film crew shows up at Far Hills to document middle school life, everyone...