Frenemies

Ask Emma #2

by Sheryl Berk, Carrie Berk

NEW IN PAPERBACK! When Emma and her two best friends find themselves at odds with one another, can Emma find a way keep the trio from becoming a duo? Find out in this second book in the brand-new middle grade series, Ask Emma, from the bestselling creators behind The Cupcake Club series!

Emma Woods is used to speaking her mind. She does it every day on her blog, Ask Emma. When her classmates at Austen Middle have a problem, Emma has an opinion on how to fix it. So when she learns her crush, Jackson Knight, is going to Washington, DC, to attend the National Student Congress, Emma is upset that she wasn't picked as a representative. When Principal Bates tells Emma the NSC needs students who are calm, cool, and collected---and neutral---Emma vows to be just that for forty-eight hours to prove to Mrs. Bates that she can do it.

But staying Swiss is proving more difficult than Emma thought it would be, especially when it comes to dishing out advice on her blog. Now her silence is causing more trouble than her opinions. Her best friends, Izzy and Harriet, misinterpret her restraint as negligence and stop speaking to her. Can Emma find a way to get her friends back and still stay cool as a cucumber?

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 5, 2021

About the author

Sheryl Berk is an American writer and editor best known as the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Soul Surfer, written with Bethany Hamilton and later adapted into a feature film. She has co-written eight bestselling celebrity biographies, including Heart to Heart, Wise Girl: What I’ve Learned About Life, Love, and Loss, and The Rules According to JWOWW. A graduate of Syracuse University, Berk served as entertainment editor for McCall’s and as editor-in-chief of Life & Style Magazine. She also co-authored three popular children’s and young adult series—The Cupcake Club, Fashion Academy, and Ask Emma—with her daughter Carrie Berk, and is the author of the Dance Divas series, which inspired the off-Broadway musical Dance Divas Nutcracker.

Reviews

[Lalaloopey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Emma blew up on Jackson for literally no reason. He didn't ask to go, he just got picked! Also Harriet and Izzy unfriended Emma over the stupidest thing. There was nothing wrong with the story Emma told, they just got mad to move the plot along. Okay so for the part where Emma had debate for why homework should be mandatory: why was she talking about her grandma watching Pride and Prejudice??? How did they win that round, Emma was completely off topic

[sierra · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Annabelle Kocher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I still like this series!