Bad Girls in Love

For Ages: 9 - 13

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Look out! Mikey Elsinger's in love!
Mikey never does anything halfway, so it's no surprise that when she develops a not-so-secret crush on Shawn Macavity, the heartstoppingly gorgeous star of the school play, she goes a bit overboard. Soon Mikey -- Mikey? -- has a stylish new wardrobe, and she's baking Shawn cookies, writing their initials on blackboards, even buying him a T-shirt emblazoned "I LOVE ME." Fellow Bad Girl Margalo tries to get Mikey to turn things down a notch, but why should Mikey listen to her? -- after all, what does Margalo know about being in love? Or is Margalo hiding a romantic fantasy of her own?

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
240 pages |
ISBN 9780689866203 |
January 2004 |
Grades 4 - 8

$14.99 List Price

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“Kirkus Reviews starred review A gloriously literate dissection of the hormonal under- and overcurrents of junior high school. ”

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“Kirkus Reviews starred review A gloriously literate dissection of the hormonal under- and overcurrents of junior high school. ”
“Kliatt This gossipy, true-to-life tale about first crushes...will appeal to middle school and junior high girls. ”

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WEEK ONE: GIRL MEETS BOY

Chapter 1: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

They're probably going to announce who got what part."

Mikey spoke against background cafeteria sounds of talk and laughter, clattering dishes, and scraping chairs.

"In assembly," she said. "In..." she looked at her watch, compared it with the clock on the wall, "twenty minutes, or maybe fifteen. Are you nervous?"

Mikey Elsinger and Margalo Epps claimed to have been best friends since the first day of fifth grade, which wasn't exactly true. It could have been if they had been willing to modify their claim with an...