FICTION

The Principal's Underwear Is Missing

by Holly KOWITT
illus. by Holly Kowitt. 224p. ebook available. Feiwel & Friends. May 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781250091321. POP
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Gr 4–6—Becca's not in the popular crowd. She has friends, but they're nothing like Sloan "Selfie" St. Clair, the "it" girl at school who walks around with fancy coffee, uses pink-feather pens, and looks down her nose at kids who don't wear designer clothes from head to toe. After Becca accidentally hurts Selfie and approaches her to apologize, the two are suddenly thrust into what for Becca is a scary ordeal and what might be Selfie's last straw with the principal: they must take action before the woman's very large bra is sent up the school flagpole by a prankster. In this amusing read with its Wimpy Kid—like line drawings, kids will learn that it's OK to associate with someone who's different—you might even have fun.
VERDICT Kowitt's well-written title gets school social dynamics right and will be appreciated by readers who enjoy mean girl stories, the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "Dork Diaries" series, and other school survival tales.
Reviewed by Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore
Nerdy sixth-grader Becca and popular eighth-grader Sloan (nicknamed "Selfie" because of her propensity for them) team up to return the principal's enormous bra in this totally predictable caper. The troubling reliance on social stereotypes undermines the fact that this unlikely duo ultimately makes a real connection, but the wry black-and-white illustrations go far in making the story both readable and visually appealing.
 , Apr 01, 2017

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