Author/illustrator Amy Ignatow’s Love and Other Fiascos with Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang is the sixth book in the Popularity Papers series following two girls navigating life in junior high school. Love is in the air! Julie and Roland are an official “couple,” which means . . . well, they’re not exactly sure what, except that it makes Papa Dad extremely anxious. Meanwhile, Lydia’s mom announces that she’s marrying Coach Eric (the soccer coach from England), and Lydia and her sister, Melody, are not happy about it. With the wedding date looming, the girls will have to figure out how to accept the inevitability of change—and that even if the change isn’t what you thought you wanted, it can still end up all right, as long as you have good friends at your side. “Julie and Lydia discover just how rocky the road to romance can be in the sixth installment of Ignatow’s Popularity Papers . . . fans of the series will be rewarded with plenty of giggle-worthy antics from Julie and Lydia.”—Kirkus Reviews The Popularity Papers:Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#1)The Long-Distance Dispatch Between Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#2)Words of (Questionable) Wisdom from Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#3)The Rocky Road Trip of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#4)The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#5)Love and Other Fiascos with Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#6)The Less-Than-Hidden Secrets and Final Revelations of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (#7)
