Marvelous Middle Grade Monday-Gossip from the Girls' Room by Rose Cooper

As part of the 48 Hour Book Challenge I read Rose Cooper's Gossip from the Girls' Room. Main character Sophia is a mission, a popularity mission. And the gossip she hears in the girl's bathroom plus her Blogtastic blog may well be the key! At least that's what she thinks. Sometimes plans aren't what we make them. Here are the quick thoughts I typed up for the 48 Book Challenge..."deelightfilled book, fantastic voice and main character, Sofia made me laugh out loud, smile and _feel_ for her as she reached for popularity in her middle school, school. One I will be recommending to my book club kids, fans of Dork Diaries & Wimpy Kid."
From Good Reads:

Gossip from the Girls’ Room fills readers in on all there is to learn about middle school life at Middlebrooke, where Sofia has her very own blog and discusses all the juicy gossip that comes out of the Girls’ room; read along to find out just what happens when class is not in session.
 

In Sofia's words . . .
Mia St. Claire is only the most popular girl in all of Middlebrooke Middle School. For three very obvious reasons:
1. She's very rich.
2. She has tons of money.
3. She can buy anything and everything she wants. And she does.
I'm sure people like her for other reasons too, but none of those reasons are obvious enough for me to really know. Or care about, for that matter.

Today, I will also be reading the following two books. Both came highly recommended to me by kid readers and I think they would work well with Rose's book. Love doing the pairings!

From Good Reads The Loser List. When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Turns out the bullies took a comic book from Danny's favorite store. Can he steal it back before they get caught -- and break off with the bullies before he gets in too deep?

From Good Reads-Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire-Tim Collins (text) and Andrew Pinder (illustrations)-Nigel Mullet isn't your typical teenager . . . he's a vampire. But unfortunately, when Nigel transformed he didn't become all broody and interesting, and as for super strength and speed . . . well, forget it! Instead he's got acne, a voice that squeaks, a tendency to break out in a rash (not sparkles!) when exposed to the sun, and absolutely no idea how to talk to girls.

When a beautiful new girl moves into the neighborhood, Nigel is determined to win her heart but first he's got to figure out how. In the meantime, he writes about her in his diary and composes really bad love poetry that he will recite to her one day, if he can work up the courage to tell her the truth. Can Nigel win the girl and the respect of his family--or is he destined to be a totally lame vampire forever?

Happy Middle Grade Monday all and for more awesome head on over to Shannon Whitney Messenger's blog. She is the one who started us on this wonderful way to celebrate middle grade! 

And even more Marvelous Middle Grade Monday bloggers:

• Anita Laydon Millers Middle Grade Blog
• Book Dreaming
• Kit Lit Frenzy
• Middle Grade Mafioso
• My Brain on Books
• Night Writer
• Novel and Nouveau
• Somewhere in the Middle
• Write About Now