Brooke's Not-So-Perfect Plan
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2016 · Est. 5.5 hour read

Brooke's Not-So-Perfect Plan

By Jo Whittemore

Book #1 in the Confidentially Yours series

Can Brooke juggle school, soccer, and an advice column without dropping the ball?

4.0/5 Goodreads · 89 ratings
320 pages· 38,497 words· Est. 5.5 hour read
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Brooke and her friends are thrilled to start middle school, especially with their new gig as advice columnists for the Lincoln Log. But as Brooke dives into soccer, schoolwork, and the column, she wonders if she's taken on too much. Can she balance her commitments without letting her friends or herself down? Join Brooke on a heartfelt journey through the challenges of friendship, responsibility, and finding balance in sixth grade.

From the publisher

Perfect for fans of The Cupcake Diaries and The Baby-Sitters Club, this new series is about four best friends who are confidentially yours when writing their middle school newspaper’s advice column.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?First Year of Middle School: From finding their classes to joining the school newspaper, Brooke and her friends are ready to take on sixth grade together.Juggling Responsibilities: Brooke loves her travel soccer team and writing for the paper, but with tons of homework, is she in over her head?An Advice Column Crew: The four friends land the perfect gig: giving advice to their classmates in the Lincoln Log. What could go wrong?Heartfelt and Humorous: Perfect for tweens looking for a story about the ups and downs of friendship, school, and learning to balance it all.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
320
Words
38,497
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~650L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.2
F&P level
~P
AR points
5
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
189531
Publication
Published
January 5, 2016
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062358936

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