Madison has difficulty trying to divide her time between her boyfriend, a new friend, and a job.

DIVDIVIt’s graduation day, and Maddie and her friends are movin’ on up—finally!/divDIV There are only a few weeks left of seventh grade, and no one can concentrate. Maddie and her friends still have to get through one more science project, and Maddie has been teamed up with her nemesis, Poison Ivy. Then there’s the end-of-the-year musical and locker clean-out./divDIV Through it all, Maddie finds herself daydreaming more than usual. Her relationship with Hart has been great—but will that change now that seventh grade is over? Luckily there’s enough going on around Madison to keep her busy, including a party thrown by her mom. It’s been a long year at Far Hills Junior High, but there’s one thing that won’t change: Fiona and Aimee will be Maddie’s besties forever!/divDIV Friends till the End takes place after the Files of Madison Finn, Book 22: All Shook Up./div/div

DIVDIVIt’s Maddie vs. Maddie when a new friend admits she’s crushing on Hart Jones/divDIV It’s the Junior World Leaders Conference at Far Hills and everyone is excited to participate. Madison gets partnered with a girl she never really noticed before, Madhur, whose family is from India and Pakistan. Although the girls are from different cultures, they find that they have a lot of great things in common—including the nickname Maddie. Unfortunately, another thing they have in common is a crush on Hart! Madison really likes her new friend and is excited to be her partner at the conference—but Madhur’s feelings for Hart have Maddie starting to unravel. Can she play it cool?/div/div

Original publication and copyright date: 2009.

Madison's summer is going to be special because she's heading to a camp on the beach, but soon she's up to her elbows in turtle eggs and miles from her BFFs. Madison feels way out of touch, but soon turtles come to her rescue.

The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race. For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks with originating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In addition, rock celebrated romance and sex, rattled the reticent by pushing sexuality into the public arena, and mocked deferred gratification and the obsession with work of men in gray flannel suits. And it delighted in the separate world of the teenager and deepened the divide between the generations, helping teenagers differentiate themselves from others. Altschuler includes vivid biographical sketches of the great rock 'n rollers, including Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly--plus their white-bread doppelgangers such as Pat Boone. Rock 'n roll seemed to be everywhere during the decade, exhilarating, influential, and an outrage to those Americans intent on wishing away all forms of dissent and conflict. As vibrant as the music itself, All Shook Up reveals how rock 'n roll challenged and changed American culture and laid the foundation for the social upheaval of the sixties.

SERIES DESCRIPTION: Madison Finn’s seventh-grade year has been full of ups and downs. She’s met some cool new friends, learned a lot about dealing with her family, and even found her first real love. Now, as she gets ready for graduation, Madison’s about to download her greatest adventure yet. SUPER EDITION #3: Friends till the End Madison and her friends have been through a lot together as seventh graders. It’s hard to believe that the end of the year has come so soon. Now they’re about to graduate, but they’ve got to get through the final crazy weeks of the semester first. Madison has to complete an end-of-year science project, and her partner is none other than her enemy, Poison Ivy. They’ll have to learn to put aside their differences if they want to get the passing grade. Then there’s the whole Hart situation. Their relationship has been great so far, but Madison knows that graduation can sometimes put a different spin on things. From a big school musical revue to an even bigger family party, there's no predicting what will happen next. Only one thing is for sure: Fiona and Aimee will be Madison's friends till the end of everything.