Always, Abigail / Nancy J. Cavanaugh.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2014Description: 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1402293038 (hc : alk. paper) :
- 9781402293030 (hc : alk. paper) :
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Cavanaug Nancy J. | Available | 33111007592492 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A 2015-16 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee! "Brimming with honestly and heart."-Caroline Starr Rose, award-winning author of May B.
Sixth grade to-do list:
*Make the pom-pom squad!
*Get photo in the yearbook
*With Alli and Cami, become the three most popular girls at Crestdale Heights Middle School!
Abigail and her two best friends are poised for a life of pom-poms and popularity-until Abigail doesn't make the squad. And is assigned a different homeroom. And gets the school's biggest outcast as her Friendly Letter partner. Abigail can hardly believe her bad luck! Gabby is really nice, but she's so weird! It's not like Abigail can stop her classmates from making fun of Gabby...right?
"Told in the hyper-chatty, status-obsessed voice of your secretly sweet best friend, Always, Abigail is always adorable." -Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever
Praise for This Journal Belongs to Ratchet:
"A book that is full of surprises...Triumphant."-Kirkus, STARRED review
"Cavanaugh uses bold, often humorous first-person narration to capture the essence of an unconventional heroine."-Publishers Weekly
Includes discussion questions (p. 310-311).
Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment."
Age 9 and up.