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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.