Vrettos, Adrienne Maria Best Friends For Never, 240
pages. Scholastic Press, MAY 2016. $17. Content:
G.
Hattie moved from New York City to small town Massachusetts
over the summer and manages to find a new group of friends. Problem, however, because in order to fit in,
she is not quite being herself. No cat
t-shirts, no fantasy books, no socks worn inside out. She’s done a pretty good job of hiding the
changes, but at the town’s annual Harvest Festival, Hattie’s lying catches up
to her and she gets caught by a town jinx.
Now none of her friends remember who she is and the only person talking
to her is former mean girl Zooey, who got frozen out of her own clique and is
Hattie’s partner for a major research project.
Sixth grade is hard enough without a jinx to complicate things.
I wish, I wish that Hattie’s problems hadn’t been caused by
a jinx. Even though she and Zooey grow
over the course of the book, having magic make someone be your friend again is
just not my cup of tea. I do feel that
young students will have fun with this and maybe they will understand the value
of being your own person instead of hanging with the crowd and not get the
message that a magic spell is what will make things better.
EL, MS - OPTIONAL. Cindy,
Library Teacher
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