After successfully commanding the Discovery shuttle mission at Space Camp, Amelia returns to fifth grade where she deals with the bully who has been making her life miserable.

Ten-year-old Amelia draws pictures and writes about her daily life in the journal she receives for her birthday.

Problems arise for Amelia when she starts sixth grade at the same middle school where her older sister Cleo is an eighth-grader, and she gets the school's meanest teacher for three of her classes. Amelia! "I'm finally in middle school and I thought it would be great, but having a bully for a teacher like Mr. Lambaste is horrible. I need help -- advice -- a friend -- and I need them all now!"

Amelia and her friend start a babysitting business.

Amelia records her thoughts and feelings about running for school secretary.

While on a trip to attend a family reunion and to meet many of her father's relatives for the first time, Amelia records in her notebook her hopes, fears, and impressions.

"Despite the hard mattresses, biting bugs, and exhausting hikes, Amelia finally begins to enjoy her time at sleepaway camp with the help of her new friends, but when she gets her first serious crush on a boy named Luke, Amelia is stunned to find out that Carly likes him too and so must find a way to win his heart without losing her newest best friend."--Publisher's information.

Amelia uses her diary to record the great events in her life during the year which she spent in the fifth grade.

In her journal, Rachel chronicles her family's adventures traveling by covered wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1850.

After successfully commanding the Discovery shuttle mission at Space Camp, Amelia returns to fifth grade where she deals with the bully who has been making her life miserable.