Things Are Gonna Get UGLY by Hillary Homzie

Homzie, Hillary Things Are Gonna Get UGLY 268 pages Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Alladin Mix 2009 Language-G (0 swears no "f") Sexual Content-G Voilence-G. Taffeta Smith is the most popular girl is school who EVERYONE adores, but she used to be Ernestine, the geek girl. But when she moved from Pennsylvania to Cali she transformed herself into Tafetta. When Taffeta was caught cheating off of Winslow Fromes-the biggest nerd at La Cambia Middle School- her history teacher Mr. Drabner (Dribble) offers her a fresh start. She accepts, but her fresh starts turned her back into ERNESTINE! She has to get Winslow to dance with her at Winterfest to turn her back into Taffeta, but not even Winslow would want to dance with a geek like Ernestine. ESSENTIAL to Upper EL/MS Student Reviewer:EM