This weekend, the Sleepover Friends are off to a special conference at a nearby college. It will be so much fun, living in a dorm and meeting lots of other kids. Then shy Patti learns she’ll have to read her award-winning essay—in front of hundreds of students! And when she finds out that it was Lauren who entered her in the essay contest, Patti’s not only terrified, she’s furious! But the Sleepover Friends’ troubles have just begun. They have to share their dorm room with nasty Jenny Carline and obnoxious Ginger Kinkaid. And then they find that a practical joker is out to get them! What next?