The Humiliations of Pipi McGee

By Beth Vrabel

A girl seeks redemption and revenge for her embarrassing school years before high school begins.

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384 pages· 87,754 words· Est. 12 hour read

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Penelope McGee's school years have been a series of humiliations, from a kindergarten art disaster to a mortifying seventh-grade incident she won't discuss. As high school looms, Pipi fears her embarrassing past will haunt her. Determined to rewrite her story, she embarks on a mission to right her wrongs and protect others from similar fates. Can Pipi find redemption and maybe a little revenge before stepping into Northbrook High? Her journey promises laughter, empathy, and unexpected twists as she navigates the treacherous waters of middle school one last time.

From the publisher

Award-winning author Beth Vrabel writes with humor and empathy about a girl who wants to shed her embarrassing moments before she leaves middle school behind her.

The first eight years of Penelope McGee’s education have been a curriculum in humiliation. Now she is on a quest for redemption, and a little bit of revenge.

From her kindergarten self-portrait as a bacon with boobs, to fourth grade when she peed her pants in the library thanks to a stuck zipper to seventh grade where…well, she doesn’t talk about seventh grade. Ever.

After hearing the guidance counselor lecturing them on how high school will be a clean slate for everyone, Pipi–fearing that her eight humiliations will follow her into the halls of Northbrook High School–decides to use her last year in middle school to right the wrongs of her early education and save other innocents from the same picked-on, laughed-at fate. Pipi McGee is seeking redemption, but she’ll take revenge, too.

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