McCafferty, Megan. Jessica Darling’s It List 2: The (totally not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes, & Faux Friends. 2014. 196p. ISBN 978-0-316-24504-3. Available at FIC MCC on the library shelves.
Jessica has finally gotten the hang of 7th grade. The transition from 6th to 7th grade was particularly difficult as she relates in Jessica Darling’s It List 1: The (totally not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection, but now she’s ready to rock the school and be one of the hot cool people. The problem is, Jessica has no clue how to get there. So when her way older and college-going sister Bethany offers Jessica another list from her own time at middle school, she cannot pass up this opportunity.
The list is simple, with only 5 elements, but as Jessica begins to implementing them she quickly realize that it’s hard work and not necessarily a guarantee of success. As her tight-knitted group of often friends and sometimes enemies careens towards Halloween, Jessica must adapt to the evolving relationships that surround them, survive her friends’ public displays of affection, and come through woodshop unscathed.
It’s a lot for a new middle schooler to take in, but Jessica must try, otherwise she will be left with nothing but an empty table.
You can also read Jessica’s tale as a senior in high school in Sloppy Firsts.
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