Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.

After trying and failing to break her years-long curse of bad first days of school, eighth grader Vivian Lantz wishes for a do-over--and gets stuck reliving this year's horrible first day over and over again. "Vivian Lantz is cursed. Every year, terrible things happen on her first day of school--and her first day of eighth grade makes the rest of them look like child's play. Her family's house floods in a rainstorm. She ruins her perfect outfit before...

Hoping to keep his older brother Nathan silent about his secret crush on another boy at their school, twelve-year-old Alan agrees to a ruthless sibling competition involving nearly impossible tasks--from standing up to their demanding father to getting a first kiss.

"Avery Hart lives for the thrill and speed of her dirt bike, but after she's diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a disease that affects her joints, her time is spent between endless physical therapy and worrying that her fun and independence are over for good. Sarah Bell has been having intense panic attacks for months, and pouring her anxiety into her art isn't helping. Just as both girls are reaching peak fear about what their futures...

"When thirteen-year-old theater kid Calvin sets out to make a movie with his friends, drama ensues, forcing him to sort through his first crushes, face family tensions, and learn how to be true to himself"--

As if it were not bad enough to be bullied for being gay while trying to navigate a budding relationship, Alan's father insists he take June Harrison to a school dance.