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I am sharing with you two brand new book series for middle grade readers that are sure to be a hit. Both are more geared towards tween girls aged 8-12 but boys could definitely enjoy them too. Introduce the middle readers in your house to Confidentially Yours and Magnificent Mya Tibbs.
Nine-year-old Mya Tibbs is boot-scootin? excited for the best week of the whole school year?SPIRIT WEEK! She and her megapopular best friend, Naomi Jackson, even made a pinky promise to be Spirit Week partners so they can win the big prize: special VIP tickets to the Fall Festival!
But when the partner picking goes horribly wrong, Mya gets paired with Mean Connie Tate?the biggest bully in school. And she can?t get out of it.
Good gravy.
Now Naomi is friend-ending mad at Mya for breaking a promise?even though Mya couldn?t help it?and everyone at school is calling Mya names. Can Mya work with Mean Connie to win the VIP tickets and get her best friend back?
Brooke, Vanessa, and Heather have been friends for as long as they can remember, and they’re positive they’ll rock their first year of middle school. The trio decides to sign up for a journalism elective, and they find themselves columnists for the school’s newspaper, the Lincoln Log. They and their new friend Tim are put in charge of the advice column!
The year is going perfectly for Brooke. She has her friends, her travel soccer team, the advice column, and a lot of new activities . . . but maybe too many activities. As Brooke struggles to balance all her commitments and schoolwork, she realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Can she figure out how to have it all and stay on the advice column without sacrificing her other responsibilities?
Vanessa Jackson has style to spare and an amazing ability to rock any look. She’s always had a flair for fashion, and dreams of being a designer one day. She’s loving middle school, and being on the newspaper staff with her two best friends is a blast. Vanessa knows her fashion advice is always on point for the group’s popular advice column.
But then she meets her new neighbor, Katie Kestler. Katie is cute, super-stylish, and just moved from glamorous LA. When Katie ends up attending the same middle school, suddenly it seems like Katie’s everywhere, and not in a good way. But when an advice-off competition threatens Vanessa’s spot on the column, she’s determined to take Katie down.
These books have topics that tweens today can relate to and therefore are books kids will want to read. Topics like bullies, writing for the paper, fashion, new friends and finding time for the things you enjoy. I did not read them to my 7 year old daughter only because I have not had time yet but I read them and thought they were pretty great. The characters in both series are enjoyable and I instantly felt a part of their lives. I can’t wait to read more books in both series!
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