INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Kinard, Kami

The Boy Project: (Notes and Observations of Kara McAllister)

(3) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Kara hopes using the scientific method will yield the results she wants: a boyfriend. Using charts, quizzes, and observations, she tries to determine what kind of girls boys prefer. The study is a success, despite Kara ending up liking a boy she had ruled out. Kara's observations of her realistically drawn middle school environment are funny and surprisingly sophisticated.

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