Popularity papers

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.

"Fresh off their epic summer road trip Lydia and Julie are back and ready to take seventh grade by storm. Well, Lydia wants to start a band, and she is convinced Julie to join her. Unfortunately, none of them, are experts at rocking out. The band needs more practice, but instead Lydia and Julie find themselves riding an unexpected wave of popularity thanks to their own belated birthday party" -- Provided from publisher.

"Lydia and Julie have been through many adventures together while navigating junior high and the search for popularity, but as they near the end of seventh grade, life seems to be settling into a familiar, comfortable rhythm. And then...disaster strikes! Literally. The peaceful world of Hamlin Junior High is rocked when the students learn that they're going to have to play host to students from a junior high school that burned down. The outside threat...