Flipped

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." He says: "It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort." But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he's thinking there's more to her than meets the eye, she's thinking that he's not quite all he seemed.

This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. Wendelin Van Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. But underlying the humor are two teens in transition. They are each learning to look beyond the surface of people, both figuring out who they are, who they want to be, and who they want to be with.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/09/2001
ISBN: 9780375811746
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.77w x 0.87d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2001 pg. 1370
Publishers Weekly 09/10/2001 pg. 93
BookPage 11/01/2001 pg. 44
School Library Journal 11/01/2001 pg. 165
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2001 pg. 365
Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 732
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2002 pg. 187
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 102 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 102 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 53684 / Flipped
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8