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Can You Get An F In Lunch? (How I Survived Middle School #1)
Best-selling author Nancy Krulik delves into the mind of a twelve-year-old girl just trying to survive middle school.
After spending the night studying the Joyce Kilmer Middle School Handbook, Jenny McAfee feels totally prepared to start sixth grade. But Jenny has another reason to feel confident. She'll have her best friend, Addie Wilson, right there by her side.
When Jenny
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After spending the night studying the Joyce Kilmer Middle School Handbook, Jenny McAfee feels totally prepared to start sixth grade. But Jenny has another reason to feel confident. She'll have her best friend, Addie Wilson, right there by her side.
When Jenny
Paperback, 101 pages
Published
June 1st 2007
by Scholastic
(first published 2007)
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I read this book last night and it wasn't as good as I expected. It's all about the "Pops" (AKA the popular girls in school). The main character, Jenny, gets pretty much ditched by her best friend Addie for the Pops. Addie turns into a big fat meanie who talks behind Jenny's back with her new BFF, Dana. The book does have a moral to it, though. When at first Jenny doesn't succeed in trying to fit in by using things such as the hottest new style of clothes and smothering herself in makeup, she fi...more
This book sucks. Jenny, the 11 & a half-year-old protagonist, has essentially no inner life, and she and her friends talk like 17-year-olds (at least). Also, there is product placement. Also, the book pushes you to www.middleschoolsurvival.com, where I found the following in a list of helpful tips, supposedly written by the book's protagonist:
7. Dont [sic] do anything that will make you stand out from the crowd. People may never forget and it will follow you for your entire middle school car...more
7. Dont [sic] do anything that will make you stand out from the crowd. People may never forget and it will follow you for your entire middle school car...more
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1) I like this book because it could be real and because it makes me think a lot about it.For example on page 12 when Jenny realizes that one of her old friends go to the same school as her, she tries to be friends with her but it doesn't go as she expects.I had different ideas for what will happen next.Another example is on page 25 when Jenny starts eating lunch in the hallway because she has no friends.I didn't know what would happen next so then I started to think about the ideas myself.This...more
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Remember being nervous to start middle school? Actually, when I was in 6th grade, it was still considered elementary school. Seventh and 8th grade were considered middle school (or junior high as we called it. Am I dating myself here?) Anyway, Jenny McAfee is nervous on her first day and the only thing she is looking forward to is seeing her best friend Addie. You see, Jenny spent her entire summer vacation at camp and did not see or talk to Addie while she was away. While she was gone, things c...more
I think lot of middle school girls will relate to this book, mostly about the ever-changing social climate of middle school. Every student will recognize "the Pops", no matter what this group is called in their school. I liked the strong character of Chloe and I think former-best-friend", Addie, is typical of many "mean" girls. I didn't like the way Jenny stood up to her tormentor . . . a food fight. I would have hoped for a more positive model of coping and problem-solving.
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I thought that this book by Nancy Krulik was amazing! There is this girl named Jenny who is going into middleschool. Her and her friend were like best friends in 5th grade and now they do not like eachother.Becasue of this her first day of school is horrible. I think this book is amazing because I'm going into 6th so this book really caught my attention.. This book shows how much drama there can be in middleschool. I also liked the book becausse it gave me tips on what npot to do and what to do...more
I thought that this book by Nancy Krulik was cool. There is this girl named Jenny who is going into middleschool. All she is looking foward is to talk to her friend Addie. Addie turnouts dumping jenny. Her and Addie were like best friends in 5th grade and now they do not like each other,This is why jenny's first day of school is horrible. I think this book is cool beacuse i have alot to relate with jenny. The drama, fame and sometimes enbarresment reminded me back on the days when i was in miidl...more
It's the first book. I'm just getting started!!!!!!!!!!
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Jenny is a great 6th grade everygirl hero. She faces some very common middle school anxiety spikes – what to wear, who to sit with at lunch, makeup – and finds it near impossible to resist the urge to be cool.
There’s a bit too much of a formulaic promotional feel to the book design, with superficial quizzes that feed the cool factor that Jenny is supposed to stand apart from. But the tie-in Scholastic website, www.middleschoolsurvival.com, seems harmless enough. And it’s not like Middle School-...more
There’s a bit too much of a formulaic promotional feel to the book design, with superficial quizzes that feed the cool factor that Jenny is supposed to stand apart from. But the tie-in Scholastic website, www.middleschoolsurvival.com, seems harmless enough. And it’s not like Middle School-...more
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This book is an insult to my intelligence:(it is a very good storyline but the author cannot articulate it very well. i am in grade six and this book is worse than the book "Pat the bunny". Even though this book is aiming for our age group it does not appeal to anyone. The book tries to have three plots but it doesn't work she usually forget about the other plots and go's (sorry about my punctuation) on talking about something else. If I ever saw that book again I would definitely leave it alone...more
Reading this book kind of reminded me of my first year in middle school. I was afraid to hang out with my mother. But then in middle of the year I changed because I got sick and tired of people saying stuff about me hanging out with my mother. Wel, Jenny, in this case isn't. She is always doing what other people say isn't embarrassing. Jenny is the kind of person that always listens to what her friends have to say bad obout them. It a kind of good book but, still read if you're going or on to mi...more
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“Can you get an F in Lunch?”
(How I Survived Middle School Series)
By: Nancy Krulik
Reviewed by: Audrey T
Have you ever tried to find out that if your best friend really likes you the same way? Do you really want to know the truth? Can you really trust your real best friend?
Jenny McAfee’s first day of school in Middle School was pretty unusual. Her best friend, Addie Wilson doesn’t really talk to her as much as when they both were at elementary school, 5th grade. Once in lunch, Addie would save...more
(How I Survived Middle School Series)
By: Nancy Krulik
Reviewed by: Audrey T
Have you ever tried to find out that if your best friend really likes you the same way? Do you really want to know the truth? Can you really trust your real best friend?
Jenny McAfee’s first day of school in Middle School was pretty unusual. Her best friend, Addie Wilson doesn’t really talk to her as much as when they both were at elementary school, 5th grade. Once in lunch, Addie would save...more
Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
A horror experienced by just about everyone - the first days of middle school. Changing classes, finding your way around, trying to keep old friends and making new ones - it's one potential disaster after another.
Jenny McAfee is excited and scared all at the same time. After eight weeks away at summer sleepover camp, she feels pretty confident that she's got what it takes to conquer middle school. She doesn't realize that her BFF...more
A horror experienced by just about everyone - the first days of middle school. Changing classes, finding your way around, trying to keep old friends and making new ones - it's one potential disaster after another.
Jenny McAfee is excited and scared all at the same time. After eight weeks away at summer sleepover camp, she feels pretty confident that she's got what it takes to conquer middle school. She doesn't realize that her BFF...more
I loved this book because it showed how much a person can change in one summer, and how much you can change, if someone you think is so much like you ditches you or does something you can't forgive her for. I also liked how much it showed that Jenny changed throughout the book because of the Pops, and i liked that in the beginning of the book Jenny actually WANTED to be a Pop, but then later on saw how mean the Pops can act to your real friends, and that was exactly what happened to Jenny.
It's Jenny's first day in middle school! ahh I'm sure you can all remember what your 1st day was like! Jenny is so happy when she sees her bff who she hasn't seen since last year because she went off to camp for the summer. She finds that he "friend" doesn't really like her anymore and has changed a lot since last year she hangs around ppl she used to hate and become known as the pops! Poor Jenny is left to make new friends and try to forget the old. Great book
Jenny was feeling so confident when she was preparing for the first day of sixth grade class at joyce kilmer middle school because she and her best friend, Addie are going to the same middle school. but on the first day of school Addie started acting strange. she started hanging out with the cool and poulars girls and ignore jenny.
A really entertaining book! A book for MG readers obvi. This helps you get through school with some helpful tips, mostly works when starting a hard school. When school just starts to get hard, rely in this series. It's really fun and helped me realize some things I was doing badly. I improved with this series. They even have a website where you can take quizzes or at the back of the book! This was so fun I couldn't stop!
This book is AMAZING!!! It is one of my favorites. This book contains a lot of drama about friendship. What I like about this book is that both girls in this book learn a great lesson. They learn that friendship is really important.
This is the first book of the series, How I survived Middle School. I was in Year Six when I fell upon this book so I immediately started to read it. In this book, there are some really neat tips which shows you how to NOT get in trouble. It's talking about a girl called Jenny McAfee, and she just started middle school. She wasn't nervous as she thought of her best friend Addie Wilson companying her but as the first day of school went by, Jenny realized that her friendship with Addie is breaking...more
This is the first book in the "How I Survived Middle School" series. It wasn't the best book I've read, but it was worth reading. I really liked the quizes in the book though. People who enjoy "new school, new life" books should read this.
I thought this was a good, easy, quick, book to read. It wasnt like I couldnt put it down but it was a good book to read for home or a long car ride because there is always a good or interesting problem in this series.
It's Jenny's first day of school and she's crazy nervous. Her best friend turns on her and she is abandoned. With no friends, Jenny is humiliated at lunch. Her main question: Can I get an F in lunch?
This book was cool, close enough to real life starting middle school. (Ex. the excitement, the nervousness, the hurt, etc.) The quizzes included inside were cool, but overall the book was okay.
This book gave me a laugh because it kinda shows you what middle school is like. Except for the whole sixth grade popularity stuff which aka would NEVER happen unless you are like a pop\movie star!!!
It was okay, a nice book about cliques in middle school, but I found that it became very hate-centered, which is unhealthy. This is true for the other novels in the series as well.
interesting. Jenny is a cute,shy character who at the same time has this srongness when she is surrounded by supporters. Addie is just weak without her posse. i hate addie!
This was a pretty good book, but I just love these quizzes. They're crazy and fun to take. Check out www.middleschoolsurvival.com for quizzes, blogs, tips, and way more.
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Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.
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