Introduces Amy, Erin, Robin, and Leah, proud reporters and publishers of "The Treehouse Times," as they encounter their first controversy when Roddy Casper shoplifts and Mr. Korn bans all under-twelve-year-olds from his store.

As Valentine's Day approaches Amy Evans is up to her ears in trouble. Not only does she have a secret admirer who may be one of the biggest creeps in school, but the landlord of her "adopt-a-grandparent" is threatening to toss the poor old lady out into the streets.

A bad review from the papers food expert spells financial disaster for the newspaper.

Erin's friend Daphne jets in from L.A. and ruffles a few feathers among the Times' editors, especially Amy, who is displeased with her Rupert Murdoch-esque approach to newspapering and the flip advice she dispenses as guest columnist

The intrepid reporters for "The Treehouse Times" go undercover in the school cafeteria to investigate a possible rodent problem, only to learn a valuable lesson in journalistic ethics

Overzealous Amy goes undercover as a stagehand for a visiting ballet company, and prematurely publishes an article that could make a lot of people, even Amy herself, unhappy

Researching a story about a corporation that has been dumping toxic waste, the girls run into trouble when a well-meaning biologist provides them with inaccurate information about the level of mercury poisoning the river