Best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang want to be popular more than anything in the world. They decide to observe the popular girls and keep a journal of their findings. They try all sorts of things to become popular but nothing seems to work. In their quest for popularity, Lydia and Julie begin to lose something more important: their friendship. Will Lydia and Julie ever be popular? Or will they stop being BFFs? Read "The Popularity Papers" to find out.