Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's secret inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.

With Constance, the new master vampire of Cincinnati, hell-bent on killing her, witch-born demon Rachel Morgan, in order to survive, must accept the role of Cincinnati’s master demon to save the city from Constance’s rule.

Having been reunited with their zombie father only to have him turn into a vampire after drinking an experimental elixir of life, the ten-year-old Shluffmuffin twins continue to try to elude the giant ants who want to enslave all humans.

New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.