Jessie's sophomore year could not be weirder. Her two best friends, Bizza and Char, have transformed themselves into faux punks. Her true punk older brother is not only going to be leaving for college soon, he quit his punk band, shaved his mohawk, and is falling for the prom queen! And people who she has always pegged as complete nerds are suddenly becoming appealing as possible social consorts. Even though Jessie considers herself a mathelete, she doesn't know if leaving her old friends behind for new ones is something she's ready to do. But when Bizza has a fling with Jessie's long-time crush, she realizes the only thing her "friends" have ever really done is used her. Not knowing where she fits in, she cautiously reaches out to different cliques at school, including the band geeks and the Dungeons & Dragons crowd. And why, oh why does she keep having dreams about Henry, the cute but short-pantsed and white gym-shoed friend-of-a-friend?
So author Julie Halpern, I will employ a Stephen Colbert method - Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger. As stated above, I very much enjoyed reading this book. My only complaint: the cover. It's a good visual representation of the content, but I think some bolder colors and something that looks a little less like a doodle will be more appealing to the intended readership.
Note: This book was read for possible inclusion on the 2011/2012 YARP list.
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