Megan McCafferty

The day before seventh grade begins, twelve-year-old Jessica Darling gets a list from her sister, whose popularity and beauty made her a junior-high standout, but when she tries to follow it, all goes awry, including losing her best friend.

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Jessica Darling's It List

Is it impossible for old elementary-school friends and new junior-high friends to all get along as just, you know, friends? Good or bad, that's what I'm about to find out. Jessica Darling is finally getting the hang of seventh grade! Hosting an epic slumber party might even help to make Jessica popular...but is that what she really wants? New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty's It List series introduces readers to Jessica Darling, an unabashedly brainy seventh grader who tries to stay true to herself, even if it means being (totally not) cool.

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Jessica Darling's It List 2

Gillian Rose

It is still weird trying to reconcile young Jessica with the high school Jessica I grew up with, but it's still super cute. Also, it's been forever since I've read the main series so I'm constantly trying to remember certain details. But I love seeing her figure things out.

Milana Marie Waller

"Shug" meets "One for the Murphys". Over all this book was sweet and funny about friendships and growing up :)

Crazy teachers; best friends turning pretty overnight; "The Unbreakable Laws of Cafeteria Line Cutting".... Junior high is rough, and Jessica Darling needs help! Enter older sister Bethany and her "It List," meant to help Jessica uphold "The Darling Domination of Popularity." In Jessica Darling's It List 3, Jessica faces the potentially mortifying outcome of the Top Secret Pineville Junior High Crushability Test. Plus, she's kind of stuck in the middle, as smarties and skaters unite to collect signatures on a petition to bring back the school's annual dance. Will the dramarama of seventh grade be Jessica's downfall? Not if she can help it.

Jessica Darling's It List The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection

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