At first, Claudia hated going back to seventh grade. But things are definitely improving. She's on top of her schoolwork, she's made some great friends, and her new classmates really look up to her — so much that they nominate her for Queen of the Seventh Grade. And when the votes come in, the results are clear: Claudia's not just adjusting to seventh grade, she's ruling it!
Being queen is harder than it looks, though. There's a ton of work involved. And Mark Jaffe, the newly elected king, is no help at all. Claudia's determined to stop him from turning her glorious reign into a royal mess. But how?
Main Plot[]
Subplot[]
Sean Addison gets made fun of by Mel Tucker for having a baby-sitter since he's 10 and Sean even lies a message to the BSC in order to baby-sit himself and his sister, Corrie.
Loretta Jorgensen, Jennifer Kline, Ron Tibbets, Bonnie Lasher, Neil, Abigail Leib, Duryan Weinstein, Frank O'Malley, Tom Blanton, Len Judson, Spud - students in the seventh grade
This is the only book where "queen" of any grade is mentioned.
Ann M. Martin's Dear Reader Letter[]
Dear Reader,
Claudia is now queen of the seventh grade, but when she was first sent back, she was scared and unhappy. When I started seventh grade, I was nervous, too. All the seventh-graders had moved to Valley Road School from the sixth-grade school, and we were now in junior high. For the first time, we were switching classes all day long and had locker combinations to remember, and the eighth-graders seemed so much older than us! Furthermore, near the beginning of the school year, the entire seventh grade had to go to a camp about an hour away, for three days and three nights. I was terrified. I had never been to camp, and I didn’t want to go away with so many people I didn’t know. Of course, everything turned out fine, and once we got there we had a good time. My old friends were on the trip, and I made some new ones as well. When it was over and we came home, I couldn’t believe I had worried about it so much. Seventh grade turned out to be fine, too. While I was never queen of the seventh grade, my old and new friends and I had a good year.
Trivia[]
The Addisons have been in family therapy.
Claudia has a mnemonic device to remember the kingdom of division: Kindly Pass Claudia Oreos, For Goodness Sake.
In his soul Russ says he's a pioneer at heart.
Abigail Leib who is running against Claudia modeled for J. Crew.
This is the sixty-first annual Stoneybrook Middle School 7th grade prom coronation.
Mary Anne and Stacey yell at Sean during a sitting job.
The triplets tell their friends they're assistants to their baby-sitters.