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Greenwald, Lisa.
TBH, THIS IS SO AWKWARD
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
IL 5-8
ISBN     9780062689900
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Sixth-grade friends, Prianka, Gabrielle, and Cecily, constantly text and email each other in this emoji-filled novel formatted primarily in text messages.  Middle grade school life is revealed and we learn about Gabrielle’s possible move, the upcoming Valentine dance, homework issues and boy-crushes. Victoria, a new girl wishing to develop friendships, attempts to become part of the group-messaging, but is excluded.  When Victoria’s mom emails the principal about this social cruelty, all parents are informed of the situation. Trouble ensues for the text-messaging girls and for the entire school, forcing everyone to seek a solution to the problem. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)


SUBJECTS:   Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Middle schools -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
                        Bullying -- Fiction.
                        Toleration -- Fiction.
                        Text messages (Cell phone systems) -- Fiction.


 
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