Middle school is going to take some getting used to, but Agness best friend Prejean jumps in and runs for class president. Although Agnes would rather be invisible, Prejean asks Agnes to be her campaign manager, in this endearing third novel featuring Agnes Parker.
Middle school is going to take some getting used to. The halls are hectic, the unspoken rules are baffling, and the eighth-grade boys are one big gang of bullies. Agnesas best friend Prejean has jumped in and decided to run for class president, but Agnes would rather try to be invisible. Thatall be especially difficult now that Prejean has asked Agnes to be her campaign manager. And then thereas the problem of Aram, a boy in Agnesas art class who seems to have a crush on her. Heas smart and funny, and Agnes feels comfortable with him. But is he such an odd duck that sheall seem odd by association?
aOaDell creates some of the liveliest characters in recent fiction, a said VOYA of "Agnes Parker . . . Girl in Progress." And here, those characters face the exciting, nerve-racking rite of passage that is seventh grade. It makes for Kathleen OaDellas most genuine, endearing book yet. Who better to introduce readers to middle school than the funny, warmhearted Agnes, who canat be invisible even when she tries.