When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.

When her team is announced as finalists in the state Classics Bowl contest, Bernadette suspects that cheating may have been involved.

Jessica worries about the consequences of exposing a cheating friend.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Nancy, who loves to use fancy words, and her friend Bree are proud to be the best spellers in their class, but when a spelling quiz proves tougher than Nancy thought, Nancy is faced with a difficult decision.

Told in alternating perspectives, Todd replays the events that lead to his death in the local park, watching as detectives investigate his murder and talk to the students responsible for it, and meanwhile Georgia, who does not know Todd, cannot stop thinking about him.