The Boy Project

The Boy Project : notes and obervations of Kara McAllister by Kami Kinard

Summary:
For anyone who's ever felt that boys were a different species....
Wildly creative seventh grader, Kara Mc Allister just had her best idea yet. She's going to take notes on all of the boys in her grade (and a few elsewhere) in order to answer a seemingly simple question: How can she get a boyfriend?
But Kara's project turn out more complicated than she imagined. Soon there are secrets, lies, and an embarrassing incident in the boys bathroom. Plus, Kara has to deal with mean girls, her slightly spacey BFF, and some surprizing uses for duct tape. Still if Kara's research leads her to the right boy, everything just may be worth it....
Full of charts and graphs, heart and humour, this hilarious debut with resonate with readers.

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Perfect you

Perfect you by Elizabeth Scott

Kate's life is pretty miserable. Her best friend has dumped her. Her father has quit his job to sell infomercial vitamins at the mall. Her family, as a result, is having some serious money problems that can only be solved with Grandma coming to stay. Of course, having Grandma around causes more stress for everyone. Kate also has a major crush on a boy who has caused her nothing but torment since they first met back in grade nine. Will also has a reputation around school for hooking up with every girl he sees. Kate likes Will, but doesn't want to, and when he starts to act like he might be interested, she certainly doesn't want to be another name on that long, long list of girls Will has been with, does she?

I liked this story of family, friends and the guy. I mostly got a kick out of the family, her Dad sees nothing wrong with the pyramid scheme he's involved with and the tactics he uses to sell afew more vitamins - dress up like a bumble-bee or carrot doesn't faze him but would mortify any teenager. Thanks to Megan for giving me this one to read.