Alice McKinley comes home on the first day of junior high with a list of seven things about seventh grade that stink. Just about the only good thing she can think of is that sheās friends with everyone. Maybe thatās how to survive seventh gradeāmake it through the entire year with everyone liking her.
That turns out to be easier said than done, when Alice gets on the wrong side of the school bully, Denise āMack Truckā Whitlock. But Aliceās problems with Denise pale in comparison with the romantic entanglements of both her father and her older brother, Lester. And when Alice decides to help them outā¦life gets even more complicated.