![]() If I sensed even a whiff of bullying, I turned tail and ran the other way (though one always makes exceptions for the odd Harriet the Spy title, of course). The lazy writer’s method of conjuring up quick conflict at a moment’s notice. It’s kind of like saying “I find breathing air annoying” or “I wish water were less inside my cells.” If you work with children’s literature then bully books are ubiquitous. That’s a tough thing to say when you’re a librarian that reads tons of children’s titles for a living. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run … and face the truth within herself. The adults say she ran away…but where is she going? And why? Using clues in Jennifer’s journals about alien encounters, Mallory attempts to find her. She believes in aliens-and what’s more, she thinks she can find them. She’s willing to embrace the strange, the unknown… the extraterrestrial. She doesn’t seem to care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe. ![]() After meeting the cool girl, Reagan, she finally has a best friend, and Reagan makes Mallory feel like she belongs, like she can fit in this infinite universe, as long as she follows Reagan’s simple rules: wear the right clothes, control your image, know your place.īut when Jennifer Chan moves into the house across the street, those rules don’t feel quite so simple anymore. ![]() ![]() Sometimes middle school can make you feel like you're totally alone in the universe.but what if we aren't alone at all? A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends. ![]()
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