Double Clique: A Wish Novel

by Anna Staniszewski

Overview

From middle-grade darling Anna Staniszewski comes the story of a girl who might just have friendship down to a science.

Friendship? Just add science . . .

LB messed up. Even though her best friend, Kat, says she's forgiven her for that whole using-science-to-make-herself-popular thing, things are still pretty weird between them. Then the bully from their old school, Courtenay, shows up -- pretending to be nice! Worst of all, Kat seems to . . . like Courtenay? Just when she thought things were getting back to normal, LB's friendships are more confusing than ever!

She needs a new hypothesis, and fast, to revamp her relationship with Kat before Courtenay can ruin everything again. Sure, LB has never seen a superhero movie or drawn a comic, and LB has definitely never done roller derby before -- but if Kat likes those things, why not try? As she steps out of her comfort zone and into Kat's, LB discovers a world of new adventures. Maybe her first experiment started this mess, but her second plan is sure to fix it! Will her two wrongs make a right?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338680300
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	12/07/2021
Series:	Wish
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Born in Poland and raised in the United States, Anna Staniszewski grew up loving stories in both Polish and English. She was a Writer-in-Residence at the Boston Public Library and a winner of the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award. Anna lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and teaches at Simmons College. When she's not writing, Anna spends her time reading, eating chocolate, and challenging unicorns to games of hopscotch. You can visit her at annastan.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Once Upon a Cruise:

"An action-packed week with a bit of real-life fairy tale and a taste of happily ever after thrown in for good measure. Tweens, especially those with a fairy tale fetish, will devour Ainsley's story." — Children's Literature

"As always, Staniszewski provides a deft mix of comedy and sensitive, deeper themes, making her book not only entertaining, but one that offers wisdom. She knows where to mine the humor from middle school life but does not sacrifice her characterizations for easy laughs. Light — but not lightweight — fun for preteens." — Kirkus Reviews

"Confidently addressing a number of common tween troubles that include bullying, parental divorce, and peer pressure, Staniszewski introduces a determined eighth-grader desperate to get her separated parents back together in this humorous problem novel." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2021-09-29
This stand-alone follow-up to Clique Here(2021) has a tween girl wondering whether there is a formula for friendship.

After spending last fall trying on a new persona, LB is now focusing on being herself and mending trusted friendships. That includes, of course, her best and longest friendship with Kat. Their connection has been off ever since the debacle of LB’s popularity experiment. LB knows that friendships evolve, but perhaps creating her very own Friendship Formula can heal their rift? A full cast of schoolmates adds drama and complications to this fast-paced middle school story. Among them are the school science club students who were involved in LB’s disastrous popularity experiment and Parker Tanaka, her soccer friend/crush. Courtenay, LB’s former tormentor, returns as well, suspiciously reformed and friendly. Tween readers will recognize all the emotional growing pains, especially the feelings of uncertainty in friendship dynamics. As Kat and LB make new friends who enthusiastically share their respective interests, they are pulled in diverging directions, and LB worries about the compatibility and viability of their long-standing friendship. The first-person narration follows LB’s growth as she makes miscalculations and errors in judgment. While the central storyline focuses primarily on school, Staniszewski strikes a nice balance with LB’s family life too. Most characters read as White.

A feeling-filled novel that underscores changes in friendships and in oneself. (Fiction. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews