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Amateur photographer Perry never expected sixth grade to be quite so dramatic: her school yearbook boss is mean and manipulative, her best friend likes a guy Perry hates, and her efforts to make a nerdy boy popular get her in trouble. Perry's earnest, literal-minded narration is frequently laugh-out-loud funny; readers will look forward to finding out what happens to her next.