The Mean Girl Meltdown (Sylvie Scruggs Series #2)

by Lindsay Eyre

Overview

Sylvie Scruggs is finally in fourth grade, and that means she's old enough to join her town's junior ice-hockey team. Sylvie is thrilled to discover her years of skating pay off, as she quickly becomes one of the best players on the squad. But someone else is still better: Jamie Redmond, a fifth-grader who notoriously doesn't like fourth-graders. And, it turns out, she really doesn't like Sylvie.

Then someone starts pranking Sylvie at practice, loosening the top of her water bottle and replacing her special lotion with mayonnaise. Sylvie knows it must be Jamie, trying to psych her out and keep her from being selected as team captain. She enlists her friends Miranda, Josh, and Georgie to prove Jamie's guilt once and for all . . . but can they catch the mean girl before Sylvie has a meltdown of her own?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545620307
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/25/2015
Series:	Sylvie Scruggs Series , #2
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Lindsay Eyre received an MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She now lives with her husband and their five children in the fine and sweaty city of Cary, North Carolina. Please visit her website at www.lindsayeyre.com and follow her on twitter at @lindsayeyre.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Sylvie Scruggs series:

"Two words: Sylvie Scruggs. Two more words: LOVE HER! Eyre nails it with this new kid on the block. (And here's a challenge: I dare you not to laugh out loud)." -- Barbara O'Connor, author of How to Steal a Dog and The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester

"Pair this with Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones series or Sara Pennypacker's Clementine series." -- Booklist

"Eyre's laugh-out-loud debut novel captures the discovery of the opposite sex in a fun and realistic way, while Santoso's black-and-white artwork brings the personalities of the characters to life. Fans of Junie B. Jones will love the adventures of this heroine as they become engaged in this early chapter book." -- School Library Journal

"Eyre's entertaining debut will have readers looking forward to Sylvie's next adventure." -- Publishers Weekly

"Boisterous, confident... Readers will appreciate watching Sylvie determinedly working toward her goals." -- Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Sylvie Scruggs, the plucky heroine of The Best Friend Battle, is in fourth grade now—old enough to join the city’s junior hockey league. As one of the better players, she has a shot at being team captain, a position she is eager to tackle. Unfortunately, her main competition is Jamie Redmond, a mean fifth grader who cannot stand Sylvie. To make matters worse, someone is pranking Sylvie at practice, making it even more difficult to focus on improving her shot. Each practice seems to be worse than the time before. But once Sylvie decides to focus on getting better, instead of being the best, things improve. Fans of Junie B. Jones or Clementine will fall in love with this impulsive and determined character. Readers will empathize with Sylvie’s anger and frustration with Jamie’s mistreatment, while recognizing the uncomfortable similarity to Sylvie’s own behavior towards a younger character. Plenty of humor, a little bit of suspense, and a strong supporting cast of characters (including Sylvie’s outrageous little twin brothers), makes this a winner with readers venturing into the world of chapter books. Reviewer: Heather Christensen; Ages 6 to 10.

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