To remedy Nate's subpar birthday celebrations, Martin lets Nate borrow his credit card with rules that may have been open to interpretation.

Nate gets his first pimple, deems it lucky and blesses P.S. 38 with his zit.

While buying romance novels for a heartbroken Ellen, Nate discovers they are total cash cows; under a pen name, he writes a bestselling graphic novel using the people in his life as inspiration until it catches up to him.

While on a school camping trip, Nate is determined to win the Wilderness Warrior Award, Dee Dee uses her acting skills to cope with anxiety, and the teachers hatch a plan to steal an eagle egg.

Nate's gym grade is on thin ice and the only thing that can save him from the humiliation of repeating 6th grade gym is something he swore to hate for eternity.

Hoping to put Rackleff on the map, Nate decides to create a reality show set at P.S. 38, but to stay on the air he'll need to subject his friends to a whole lot of drama.