Content: G (some bullying)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Kate and Haddie swore that they would be best friends forever, no matter what. That was then. Now, the girls barely speak – mostly because Kate wants to find a new group pf friends and she has been welcomed into Taylor’s popular group, who don’t want weird Haddie hanging around. When Kate rescues Haddie from a fall through the ice, a video of it goes viral and everyone calls her “Kate the Great”. Kate doesn’t love the attention, because she knows the whole truth of the incident. Was that part of it caught on video too?
Swinarski has written an excellent book for tweens and teens about the many pitfalls of friendship and popularity. I love that Kate’s problems are based on life and choices – not on a social disorder like anxiety. A must-read treatise on bad friendships. Kate and the kids around her are white.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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