Sunday, July 26, 2009

Girls Acting Catty by Leslie Margolis


Margolis, Leslie Girls Acting Catty, Bloomsbury Children's Books, OCTOBER 2009. $15.99. This companion book to Boys Are Dogs follows Annabelle as she starts junior high and must confront the mean girl clique. Margolis sensitively portrays Annabelle's first bra shopping experience as well as her decision to start shaving her legs in a heartbreakingly accurate depiction of the lives of today's junior high girls as well as a very funny story. Appropriate for tweens.

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