Allie West finds it challenging to make new friends and stay true to old ones as she navigates fifth grade at a school run by her mother.

As a documentary is filmed at their middle school, roles reverse for worrier Trevor and his lifelong best friend Libby, who has always rescued him from embarrassing situations but is now focused on being "cool" and no longer wants to be his "friend friend."

The school year is almost over and it is time for Westside Middle School's annual camping trip, something that Trevor Jones would desperately like to get out of as he is terrified at the prospect of coyotes, bears, dining halls, and eighth graders--and his cabin is supposed to be haunted.

When no one signs up for the Battle of the Books, best friends Piper and Olivia create a promotional video that goes viral, which sets the girls up for too much exposure and not enough people reading.