Snakes and woods and spiders, oh my! Cassandra Jones returns home from a week with her grandparents, excited to go to summer camp and rest up before her last year of elementary school starts. But an unexpected accident lands Cassie in the hospital, and even the medical team isn't sure how well she'll recover. Will Cassie make it to summer camp? Or will she spend the rest of the summer in the hospital? Readers of Junie B. Jones and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will love Cassandra, an ordinary girl trying to make it in sixth grade!

When Cassandra starts her sixth grade year of school, she expects to be the kid on top. She signs up for soccer, takes voice lessons, and decides to start running. But no matter how hard she tries, there's always someone better than her. Cassie starts to wonder what, if any, talents she might have.

Excited for her first camping trip with her Girls Club, Cassandra buddies up with her friend Riley and hopes their friendship will become even stronger. It only takes a few hours for her to realize Riley doesn't have Cassie's best interests at heart. Frustrated, wet, and cold, Cassie decides it's time she figured out who her true friends are once and for all.

When Cassandra's parents begin a pattern of fighting, Cassandra's friends warn her about the Divorce. Cassandra enlists her younger sister Emily to help their parents fall in love again. But when each of their attempts backfire pathetically, she panics. Will their efforts make a difference? Or is life as they know it about to end?

When Esther moves in, Cassie welcomes the chance to help someone else through the same transition she went through when she arrived in Arkansas. But she quickly discovers making new friends is not on Esther's mind. Instead, she seems determined to destroy the friendships Cassie spent the last year creating.

When Cassie's best friend gets a boyfriend, Cassie suddenly sees the boys around her in a different light. The bigger question is, will boys see her differently also? As Cassie struggles with peer pressure and expectations, she learns for herself that her worth is not dependent on a boy.

Cassandra faces a whirlwind of emotions as she wraps up her sixth grade year, her last one in elementary school. As she moves forward to the next adventure in junior high, she discovers her own inner strength and individual worth.