Summer is over and that can only mean one thing for eight-year-old
Mallory McDonald (like the restaurant, but no relation)--she has to go
back to school. But not just any school, a new school with all new kids
in it. To make matters worse, her mom is going, too! She's the new music
teacher, and Mallory can't think of anything that could possibly be
worse--until her first day. She has to sit with Pamela, who always says
the right thing and steals her ideas. Joey is so busy with his old
friends that he has no time for her, and to top it off, she's picked to
be an eggplant in the Fall Festival her mom is putting on. It's not
fair! What can Mallory do? Should she give Pamela, and her new school,
another chance?