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The boy project notes and observations of Kara McAllister

Kinard, Kami more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Junior Fiction
BIC Subjects: Fiction; Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues
Audience: Children/juvenile
Publisher: Scholastic US
Imprint: Scholastic US
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication: United States

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Thirteen and wildly creative, Kara McAllister just had her best idea yet. She's going to take notes on all of the boys in her grade (and a few elsewhere) in order to answer a seemingly simple question: How can she get a boyfriend? But Kara's project turns out to be a lot more complicated than she imagined. Soon there are secrets, lies, and an embarrassing incident in the boy's bathroom. Plus, Kara has to deal with mean girls, her slightly spacey BFF, and some surprising uses for duct tape. Still, if Kara's research leads her to the right boy, everything may just be worth it. Full of charts and graphs, heart and humor, this hilarious debut will resonate with tweens everywhere.

Looking for a boyfriend takes on a whole new meaning when 14-year-old Kara starts her research project.
Kara, a self-proclaimed geek, decides to find a boyfriend using the scientific method. This initially involves covert observation of her subject: boys. She keeps detailed index cards, and the novel is decorated with her charts, graphs and lists. The project eventually becomes a science-fair project that also utilizes Facebook for a love survey. When her best friend Tabbi gets a boyfriend first, unfortunately with Kara's crush, it takes Kara some time to remember that she needs her best friend more than a she needs a boyfriend. This middle-school drama is hip to the moment, with break-up texting, kissing and popularity tug of wars. The boy obsession becomes tiresome, but Kara's irrepressible spirit, clever wit and introspection save this story from vapidity Kara's hilarious observations, as when she compares feigning happiness to the difficulty of fastening the, like, 15 hoo

Title: The boy project
Subtitle: notes and observations of Kara McAllister
Contributors: By (author) Kami Kinard

ISBN 13: 9780545345156
ISBN 10: 0545345154

Publisher: Scholastic US
Imprint: Scholastic US
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication: New York, United States
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BIC Subjects: Fiction ; Personal awareness: family, relationship & social issues

NBS Classification: Children's Fiction

Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
Height: 204mm
Width: 140mm
Thickness: 24mm
Weight: 340g