A review by yapha
Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow

4.0

I would have loved to read this when I was in elementary school! Lydia and Julie are nervous about starting middle school, so they spend their entire fifth grade year trying to learn how to be popular. The book is told in notes and drawings, as if they had passed the book back and forth throughout the year. Their problems and dilemmas rang true. A great book for other girls to know they are not alone as they navigate the tricky social waters of tweendom. This is the first in the series. I look forwad to reading the rest. Recommended for grades 4-6.