The Popularity Pact: Camp Clique

Book One

by Eileen Moskowitz-Palma

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Pub Date Apr 14 2020 | Archive Date Apr 14 2020

Perseus Books, Running Press | Running Press Kids

Children's Fiction

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In the blink of a summer, Bea goes from having a best friend and a place she belongs to being dropped and invisible, eating lunch alone and only talking to teachers. The end of sixth grade and the start of Camp Amelia can't come soon enough.

But then the worst part of school, ex-best friend Maisy, shows up in Bea's safe place and ruins it all. Maisy lands in the same bunk as Bea and summer suddenly seems dire. Never having camped a day in her life, Maisy agrees: it's hopeless. She should be at home, spending time with her little sister and hanging out with her super popular crew of friends--not at this stupid adventure camp failing everything and being hated by everyone. In a desperate bid to belong, Maisy offers Bea a deal: if Bea helps her fit in at the camp, she will get Bea into the M & M's, their town's popular clique, when they enter seventh grade in the fall. The Popularity Pact is born.

In the blink of a summer, Bea goes from having a best friend and a place she belongs to being dropped and invisible, eating lunch alone and only talking to teachers. The end of sixth grade and the...

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ISBN	9780762467457
PRICE	$16.99 (USD)
PAGES	288

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We’ve been trying to get my daughter into more middle grade novels and I knew just from the cover she would love this. It’s exciting to have her excited to read new books.

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Reviewer 397197

Bea and Maisy , both 11, were best friends since preschool. However, that all changed when Bea returned home from camp the summer before sixth grade. Maisy ditched Bea without an explanation for the popular girls in their class. Bea, devastated and lonely, opted to eat lunch by herself in the library. The only time Bea didn’t feel invisible was when she was at camp with her friends. Their friendship bond was based on truth and unwavering support. When Maisy’s father sent her to that same camp, neither Bea nor her friends were happy to see her there. Away from the popularity group at school, Maisy now felt that same loneliness and invisibility that Bea experienced throughout the school year. Eventually, both girls agreed to a popularity pact in which Bea helped Maisy make friends at camp and Maisy in turn promised to help Bea become a member of her popular girls’ group at school for the upcoming 7th grade.

Besides the popularity and school cliques, the story also dealt with several other issues including addiction, parental dating and discord, the real meaning of friendship, forgiveness and acceptance. Since this was the first book in a series, the ending had an unresolved issue which will probably be resolved in the next story.

I think students in this age group will relate to this story, and it should be included in school libraries. I also think this story might act as a springboard for teacher led discussions related to the above mentioned issues in the story.