Series ~ Single Title
Author ~ Anna Humphrey
Release Date ~ June 14, 2011
Age Group ~ Middle Grade
Publisher ~ Hyperion Books
Source ~ Kai at Fiction State of Mind
Margot Button has a declaration for 7th grade: Be more normal.
Easier said than done when you have -no better friend (sent to Catholic school because of your "bad influence")no new clothes (stepdad had a "moral objection" to his job)no eyebrows (tweezer mishap)improvised bangs (see above)a new nickname ("Hamburglar")an unpaid afterschool job (babysitting the triplets-five years a week)
Well, Rome wasn't built in a day. If Margot could only read to see her big mouth (and hair), there is hope. The new girl, Em, needs a quaker too. Plus she dresses like a rock star, is quick with comebacks, and really has the sand to bear up to Evil Sarah. Em has an agenda for modification at Manning Middle School and wants Margot on her side. Progress!
So, okay, Em has a flexible relationship with the truth, and goes too far with her comebacks. And her secret effort to work the tables on Sarah's clique may involve bending some laws. But after days of Sarah's bullying, it's difficult for Margot to resist Em's call to action. Margot's approval rating is ultimately up, and well, it's just reasonable to make the mean girls down a few notches.isn't it?
Mission (Un)Popular is all about fitting in - tween style.While I normally love books about typical tween struggles, I was not only sold this time.Let me say you why.
Things go off great with main character Margot who is facing some common tween issues.She is self-conscience about her appearance, moody, and sad that her best friend is changing schools.To top that all off, she has been the dupe of bullying at the men of Sarah and the popular kids. I wish that she is pretty much an ordinary girl.
Enter Em, the new girl from New York.Em is into acting tough, flexing the truth, and putting others down.She is the sort of girl I avoid at all costs.The matter is, Em latches onto Margot because Margot is an easy target.From there, the history becomes a lot of pranks and excessive bullying on all sides.
While I prize that bullying is being addressed in this book, I don`t charge for the way it is handled.Margot learns that being popular isn`t everything, but I am not so sure what Em learns.
Looks like Em is going a bill to Margot.I care how (un) is in a different font.Cute cover.
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