Junior High Jitters — Kate Kenyon

FRIENDS, FEUDS, BOYS, BOOKS. EIGHTH GRADE.
Best friends Nora Ryan and Jennifer Mann have finally reached eighth grade, and their first day is crazy. Class nerd Jason Anthony is up to his usual gross tricks. Nasty Susan Hillard has an insult for everybody, and Tracy is acting dumb, as always. While Nora gets caught up in all the excitement, Jen wonders if things will ever be normal again.

But eighth grade only gets more complicated. When Denise Hendrix, a sophisticated new student suggests the girls invite boys to the Halloween Dance, Jen and Nora begin to worry. Dealing with eighth grade is hard enough. Can they deal with boys, too?