Team Awkward

by Katy Birchall

Overview

In this hilarious second novel in The It Girl trilogy, painfully shy Anna’s awkward adventures continue as she decides to find the “thing” she’ll be famous for.

There are good ways of starting school after Spring Break. But hiding in the bathroom after the video of you falling butt-first into a potted plant has gone viral is not one of them.

If she’s going to be famous, Anna is determined to find a worthy “thing” to be famous for. Everyone else seems to have one—especially the new girl at school who’s distracting her crush, Connor, with a shared love of art.

Luckily sports day is looming and Anna is limbering up! What could go wrong?

Do you really have to ask that?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481463645
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	01/02/2018
Series:	The It Girl , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	670L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Katy Birchall is the author of The It Girl series. She also works at Country Life magazine as their Deputy Features Editor. Katy won the 24/7 Theatre Festival Award in 2011 for Most Promising New Comedy Writer with her very serious play about a ninja monkey at a dinner party. Her pet Labradors are the loves of her life, she is mildly obsessed with Jane Austen, and one day she hopes to wake up as an elf in The Lord of the Rings. She grew up in Essex and currently lives in Brixton.

Editorial Reviews

2016-12-14
A viral video makes Anna famous for falling into a potted plant in this sequel to The It Girl (2016).Although she's still only 12, she's also famous because her dad is about to marry the world's most famous actress, causing the London media to dub Anna an "It Girl," along with her soon-to-be stepsisters. Unfortunately, she's a chronic klutz, so embarrassment always looms. She also has a serious and growing crush on Connor, who Anna thinks might be on the verge of kissing her. But Connor is spending a lot of time with Stephanie, working together on a project, causing Anna ever growing worry about his intentions: does he like her, or is she losing him to Stephanie? Things get even more complicated when Anna becomes captain of the always-underdog team for school sports day. With zero sports talent, Anna reluctantly submits to training from the team's handsome star, causing some gossip. Can Anna overcome her awkwardness and help her team prevail? Can she win Connor's heart at last? Birchall punctuates the wry comedy with frequent outbreaks of mayhem, as when her dad's quirky wedding planners release numerous owls inside the house. The British humor should easily cross the pond, where it will find many readers also at an awkward age. Anna's world is a largely white one. Frothy, funny klutziness. (Fiction. 9-13)

Kirkus Reviews