Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me

This book was on a reading list for my daughter. There was a wait list for it at the local library, so I decided to purchase it. It was very inexpensive and arrived in excellent condition. She loved it too!

"One day `till 6th grade and Tam is afraid of looking like a nork," Allie Kimball writes in her diary the day before her and her best friend Tam, are heading off to middle school. They are both excited, but Allie doesn't know what lies ahead of her. When Allie and Tam first start middle school, things go smoothly until they have their only class together, science. Allie is appalled when she spots Tam sitting with Renée. Renée has been Allie and Tam's arch enemy since 3rd grade! When Allie gets seated in the back of the room with her new science partner, Orren the nork, she becomes jealous of Renée, and grows to dislike Orren. But before long, Orren is a lot different than Allie expected, and she gains a new friend in him. Middle school is not quite what she expected, but great all the same.

This book is witty, well written, and really captures the universal emotions of entering middle school. It is so obvious why everyone is talking about it!!

This book was SO refreshing. It perfectly depicts what it's like for a young teen when old friends start branching out and new friends start making their way into your heart. This book TOTALLY made its way into mine. Plus, it's HILARIOUS and SO creative. Like nothing else out there. A great read for any kid who's starting a new school. Actually, a great read for ANY kid, full stop!

I gobbled up Sixth-Grade Glommers in one night! Ha-de-ha, loved the definitions, but it was my need to smack Tam upside the head and give Allie a huge hug that kept me rolling through the pages so merrily. Will those Dad issues--noogies to him--be addressed in a sequel?