In this M!X original, Izzy is used to being queen beebut will she ditch her mean girl status for a chance at true friendship?Isabella Caravella is dreading summer. She doesnt want to spend a month at a lakeside resort with her parents and the families of her dads coworkers, especially when she discovers that two of the kids go to her school. She thinks Bailey and Ava are beyond weirdand theyre not exactly thrilled to see Izzy, either. Izzy has been their tormentor, the leader of the pack of girls who made their first year of middle school so unpleasant. Once Izzy discovers that the other kids have been spending their summers together for years and shes the outsider, she realizes shes going to have to change her bossy, stubborn ways if she wants to fit in. Bailey and Ava turn out to be kind and welcoming, and Izzy actually wishes she were more like them. Back home, Izzy knows that things are probably going to be different. Ava and Bailey were great summer friendsbut are they really forever friends? Can Izzy prove that she really does have the potential to be a true friend? Or is she stuck playing the mean girl forever?

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Mix .

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-8th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-13 years.

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Simon & Schuster .

Erin Downing (a. k. a. Erin Soderberg) has written many books for kids, tweens, and young adults. Before turning to writing full time, Erin worked as a children's book editor and marketer, spent a few months as a cookie inventor, and also worked for Nickelodeon. She lives, writes, and eats out with her husband and three young children in Minneapolis. For more information, visit ErinDowning. com.