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Is it impossible for old elementary-school friends and new junior-high friends to all get along as just, you know, friends ? Good or bad, that's what I'm about to find out.
Jessica Darling is finally getting the hang of seventh grade!Hosting an epic slumber party might even help to make Jessica popular...but is that what she really wants?
New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty's It List series introduces readers to Jessica Darling, an unabashedly brainy seventh grader who tries to stay true to herself, even if it means being (totally not) cool.
Author Notes
Megan McCafferty hails from Bayville, New Jersey, and moved to Brooklyn and Manhattan before settling in Princeton, New Jersey. She attended the University of Richmond before transferring to Columbia University to earn a bachelor's degree in English. After graduation, McCafferty worked in magazine publishing as an editor for Cosmopolitan, YM, and Fitness magazines. She began her writing career with writing short stories and articles for various teen magazines.
She is the author of the popular books series, Jessica Darling. The latest book in the series, Perfect Fifths, was published on April 14, 2009. It's the only book in the series told in third person from the alternating perspectives of Jessica Darling and her long-time love, Marcus Flutie.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 6-10-Jessica Darling is starting seventh grade, trying her best to navigate changing friendships and the mysteries of boys-with cringe-worthy embarrassments at every turn. A good series for tweens who have made their way through "Dork Diaries" (Aladdin) but are not quite ready for "Gossip Girls" (Little, Brown). (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Jessica Darling is back for a second funny and fluffy try at navigating the perils of seventh grade (Jessica Darling's It List 1, 2013). Her popular but ever-so-shallow older sister has provided a second short listeasy to misinterpret, it turns outof pithy advice that is supposed to help Jessica identify true friends, foes and faux friends. Seventh grade offers a large collection of all of these. Her now-popular BFF Bridget has joined forces with their friend Dori, effectively excluding Jessica from their former threesome. Worse yet, Dori's sure Jessica is making a play for her new boyfriend, Scotty. And Sara and Manda are sure to capitalize on any potential opening into the world of popularity, unconcerned, or perhaps even enjoying it, if Jessica becomes their hapless victim. Hope could be a friend; she's hard to read. And then there are the boys: Both Scotty and Aleck may just have a thing for Jessica. The disastrous slumber party Jessica is cornered into hosting and her exclusion from two sets of group Halloween costumes worn by friendsor faux friends?are so purely junior high behavior that if it weren't all presented with ample humor, it might just be tragic. McCafferty knows her way around this age group; her depictions are pitch-perfect and will loudly resonate with girls facing their own friends and foes. (Fiction. 11-14) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The second entry in McCafferty's Jessica Darling prequel series finds the smart, snarky seventh-grader navigating the shark-infested waters of middle-school friendships. Sorting out who among the girls in her classes are her actual friends is no easy task, but luckily she is armed with another of big sister Bethany's IT List sheets, the guaranteed guide to (you guessed it) friends, foes, and faux friends. With the help of her grandmother Gladdie, Jessica hosts a slumber party designed to cement her place in her new clique. Razor-sharp writing, witty dialogue, and the genuineness of Jessica's struggles make a this a sure bet for tween readers.--Szwarek, Magan Copyright 2014 Booklist
