  | Everybody experiment Author: Ramee, Lisa Moore | |
| Price: $24.48 | ||
Summary:
Eleven-year-old Kylie's friends seem so much more mature than she is. And with middle school just a summer away, she's worried her friends might leave her behind, especially because she keeps embarrassing them.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.10 Points: 8.0 Quiz: 550282 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (06/01/24)
Booklist (08/01/24)
The Hornbook (00/11/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2024 Kylie does not want to go into the seventh grade as the girl who cries, stands out from her friends, and makes things awkward, but she doesn’t know how to be anyone but herself. She decides to spend the summer before middle school conducting an experiment: testing the hypothesis that doing everything her friends do (without risking her own safety) will result in her being the “mature” person she wants to become. From dressing a certain way to sitting through a horror movie, from talking to boys to lying to parents, Kylie quickly learns that doing what her friends do doesn’t always make her feel like her best self. A coming-of-age novel full of social anxieties, tween introspection and concerns, and realistic friendships and family experiences, Ramée’s middle-grade novel is well paced, traversing Kylie’s summer with ease and dipping the reader into pivotal moments, breaking them down scene by scene to help the reader live in Kylie’s feelings. For fans of Judy Blume, Janae Marks, and Lisa Fipps. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
