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239 pp.
| Dial |
April, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3191-2$16.99
(4)
4-6
Self-conscious worrywart Phoebe is nervous about starting middle school but excited to join the drama club. She feigns confidence but is starstruck by the older girls, anxious about playing opening-night spin the bottle, and infatuated with a cute boy. Though her best friend, Harper, sounds too mature to be believable, Phoebe's voice and her bumbling navigation of seventh grade are age-appropriate.