Alt var på plads: rig kæreste, lækker bil, bryllup. Men så bliver Elizabeth droppet. Nu har hun ét mål: at slå kløerne i den velhavende og flotte lærervikar Scott. Et par ting står i vejen. Hun er doven og ubehøvlet. Hun drikker og ryger joints. Hun skal konkurrere mod kollegaen Amy og afværge gymnastiklæreren Russell's tilnærmelser. Og så skal hun tjene penge til nye bryster.
Den rare, men lidt satte familiefar Cal får et chok, da hans livsledsagerske, Emily, ud af det blå ytrer ønske om skilsmisse. Hun har endda været ham utro med en kollega. Cal søger trøst på en bar, hvor den glatte scorehaj Dylan fatter sympati for ham. Imens han lærer Cal at 'genfinde sin manddom', bakser Cals teenagesøn og familiens babysitter også med kærligheden på hver deres måde.
Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
Greg Heffley is headed for big things, but first he has to survive the scariest, most humiliating experience of any kid’s life – middle school! That won’t be easy, considering he’s surrounded by hairy-freckled morons, wedgie-loving bullies and a moldy slice of cheese with nuclear cooties!
Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Greg's older brother, Rodrick, is itching to cut him down to size. He gets the perfect opportunity when their mother tries to force the boys to bond. Rodrick may be Greg's chief tormentor, but he feels his constant pranks are just what his little brother needs to prepare him for life's hard knocks.
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
Ben Crandall er en dreng, som er besat af rumvæsener og rumskibe. En nat drømmer han,hvorledes et rumskib skal bygges, og sammen med sine venner, Wolfgang og Darren, konstruerer han "Thunder Road", som de rejser ud i rummet i. Det lykkes for dem at finde frem til de rumvæsener Ben har søgt, men er disse nu også, som de giver sig ud for at være?
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Greg Heffley er en mager, men ambitiøs knægt med en livlig fantasi og store planer om at blive rig og berømt – han skal bare overleve skolen først. For at gøre ondt værre ser det ud til, at Gregs elskelige bedste ven, Rowley, går gennem livet og lykkes med alt uden at prøve! Efterhånden som detaljer om hans morsomme – og ofte katastrofale – forsøg på at passe ind fylder siderne i hans dagbog, lærer Greg at værdsætte ægte venner og den tilfredsstillelse, der kommer af at gøre det rigtige.
Rafe Khatchadorian er lidt af en rebel, og nu er han på vej til første skoledag på sin tredje skole. Han har det lidt svært med autoriteter, og så har han en lidt for livlig fantasi. Den slags er der ikke plads til på Hills Village-skolen, hvor inspektøren styrer skolen med hård hånd og et strengt sæt ordensregler. Det kan Rafe ikke leve med, så han laver straks en plan: I dette skoleår gælder det om at bryde alle reglerne. Ja, hver eneste regel skal brydes, indtil alt er forvandlet til det kaos, Rafe i virkeligheden foretrækker.
As Alvin struggles with nightmares involving werewolves, the school play of Jekyll & Hyde is in jeopardy when the lead, Alvin, is suspended. In an attempt to boost his confidence, the drama teacher suggests Theodore, who's suddenly going through some canine changes.
14-year-old Eun-hee moves through life like a hummingbird searching for a taste of sweetness wherever she may find it. Ignored by her parents and abused by her brother, she finds her escape by roaming the neighborhood with her best friend, going on adventures, and exploring young love.
Det 12-årige matematikgeni Prem opdager, at hans nyligt afdøde far var en berømt rapper, og han sætter sig straks for at lære om sin fars liv og lidenskab. Prems søgen efter, om han har hiphop i blodet ligesom sin far, bliver styrket af fantasifulde dagdrømme med hiphopnumre.
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.
To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a position in a sensitive college in the Paris suburbs. He is assigned the hardest class, the fourth techno, and he finds an apartment in the Cité des Muriers, a particularly difficult district.
When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself at sea with an environment where students sort themselves by social class and their parents' political affiliation.
"That's what I am" udspiller sig i 1965, hvor vi følger den 12-årige Andy Nichol en populær elev. Any bliver sat på en prøve, sa hans engelsklærer, Mr. Simon beslutter, at Andy skal lave et projekt sammen skolens største taber Stanley, også kendt som "Big G". Nu må Andy finde modet til at sætte sig op mod bøllerne og drillerierne og lære, hvad der måske er Mr. Simons sidste lektion: Tolerance kræver mod.
Nerdy middle schooler Tommy is forced take care of a baby dinosaur after his cloned science fair project hatches early. He quickly begins to think of the creature not only as a pet, but also as a friend. But when the dino escapes on the day of the fair, Tommy must figure out a way to get the creature back before greedy grown-ups get to the dinosaur first.
Yuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and advisor for the school chorus. The chorus aims to take part at a competition. Yuri gives the members of the chorus members an assignment. She instructs them to write a letter with the title of “To myself 15 years later.” The 15-year-old boys and girls write about their secrets and worries.
Based on the best selling series "Dear Dumb Diary" by Jim Benton. Follow Jamie Kelly, as she navigates Mackeral Middle School with the help of her best friend Isabella, her nemesis Angeline and the boy of her dreams, Hudson.