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Cooper, Rose
5 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Anna (I Text Dead People) just wants to be normal, but dead people keep texting her. Lately, it's former mean girl Harper, who expects Anna's help to rejoin the living. Armed with humor and with help from witchy friend Eden, Anna navigates ghosts, warlocks, and middle school. Alternating Anna's and Harper's viewpoints, Cooper's slim, more-cute-than-scary tale will appeal to fans of Monster High.
Reviewer: Jenn Matters
(4)
4-6
The problems Anna faces as the new girl in school become significantly more complicated when she starts receiving texts from a ghost. Instead of worrying about where to sit at lunch, now Anna must contend with a dead (and needy) social misfit, troublesome cliques, and her mom's new job as a "corpse cosmetologist." This intentionally silly ghost story is entertaining if overly cutesy.
Reviewer: Lauren Rizzuto
(4)
4-6
The summer before seventh grade, best friends Sofia and Nona are headed to camp together. Sofia keeps up her blogging notebook detailing their summer of pranks, crushes, and mishaps. Undeveloped characters and unfinished plot lines take away from an otherwise rollicking and realistic look at summer camp. The handwritten format with simple sketches keeps the pace up-tempo.
Reviewer: Amanda Mc. MacGregor
(4)
4-6
Sixth-grader Sophia, who writes an anonymous blog (Gossip from the Girls' Room), starts spying on the boys in her class to learn their secrets. As in the first book, Sophia harbors a crush, faces an enemy, and spends most of her time fixating on popularity. The handwritten format, including little black-and-white sketches of classmates, speeds the story along.
Reviewer: Amanda Mc. MacGregor
(4)
4-6
Sixth-grader Sophia hopes that posting gossipy blog tidbits on the school's website will make her popular. Repeatedly losing her "pre-blogging notebook," discovering secrets, and alienating her peers, Sophia is quickly headed for trouble. The handwritten format, including little black-and-white sketches of classmates, is eye-catching, but the characters are difficult to like, and Sophia's voice isn't consistent.
Reviewer: Amanda Mc. MacGregor
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