Dear Pen Pal

For the mother-daughter book club, everything changes in eighth grade.

Could the book club break up? When Jess is offered an anonymous scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, she's not sure that leaving home -- and her friends -- is what she wants to do. Meanwhile Megan's grandmother comes for a long visit and turns everything in the Wong household upside down; Emma crusades against her middle school's new uniforms; and Cassidy fi nds out there's a big change ahead for her family.

Inspired by Jess's unexpected opportunity, the book club decides to read Jean Webster's classic Daddy-Long-Legs, and there's an added twist this year when they become pen pals with the girls in a book club in Wyoming. There's plenty to write to their new friends about, from a prank-filled slumber party to a not-so-secret puppy -- and even a surprise fi rst kiss.

In this third book in the beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the girls learn that as long as they have one another -- and a good book -- they're ready for whatever eighth grade has in store

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/22/2009
ISBN: 9781416974307
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.28w x 1.33d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2009 pg. 104
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 133819 / Dear Pen Pal
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 15