She experiences some crazy and semi embarrassing moments but has a great outlook and even if she doesn’t live what happened she appreciates who she has become because of it. Bridget would be the obvious choice for Regina George since she's the prettiest and most popular seventh grader, but she's actually more of a Karen Smith, because she doesn't really know what's going on a lot of the time and is very easily led. Described in her first review as “Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker” (Wall Street Journal), she’s been trying to live up to that high standard ever since.

She goes through a change and becomes super pretty right before she starts school but it never goes to her head and she stays incredibly grounded throughout the story. But readers meeting Jessica for the first time will be charmed by this authentic and funny girl who makes well-tread territory feel as new as a pair of first-day-of-school sneakers. A book leaves our collection of over seven million titles and begins a new chapter every two seconds, enabling more goods to be reused. I think the first It List book contained all the successful elements of a middle grade novel: humor with a lot of heart. The premise is similar – Bethany, Jessica’s beautiful, much-older sister, has yet another list that guarantees that Jessica will be able to navigate friendships in her middle school years.

There is some focus on liking boys and what not but it doesn’t take over Jessica’s life which I really love. The Bottom Line: A fun introduction to a beloved series – but one that I believe will both delight and frustrate fans.

The great thing about middle grade novels is the amount of social awkwardness that is piled into the pages. Readers will notice that McCafferty has taken a different approach to writing Jessica’s inner thoughts in this book. The Jessica Darling books are a New York Times bestselling series of five young adult novels by Megan McCafferty, published between 2001 and 2009. So when Jessica's beautiful, collegiate older sister Bethany (Blair Fowler) unexpectedly arrives to show her the ropes before school starts, Jessica is open, wide-eyed, and willing. Told in the hilariously authentic voice of a preteen girl, this book will have readers laughing out loud at Jessica’s high jinks, especially her disastrous stint as the school’s mascot.

Jessica Darling, star of Megan McCafferty's bestselling Jessica Darling series for adults, is back in a hilarious new series perfect for tween (10 to 14) girls. overall, bullshit movie, had to bleach my eyes and have someone spit in them after watching this mean girls rip off terrible chick flick movie (i love chick flicks, but this was just appalling). I'm envious of all the young girls who will get a chance to grow up with Jessica from the beginning, but I hope they fall in love with the series the way I did. She changes a lot throughout the story; making new friends, losing old ones and just finding out who she is at her core and what works for her. I have spent the last year wrapped up in this romance with books full of all kinds of drama and debauchery.