The perfect summer vacation read for tweens! A middle-school girl finds out that being a teenager isnât all itâs cracked up to be in this realistic read about friendship with plenty of LOL momentsâand a magical twist!
Seventh grader Addie Bell canât wait to grow up. Her parents wonât let her have her own phone, she doesnât have any curves, and her best friend, Grace, isnât at all interested in makeup or boys. Then, on the night of her twelfth birthday, Addie makes a wish on a magic jewelry box to be sixteen . . . and wakes up to find her entire life has been fast-forwarded four years! Suddenly she has everything sheâs always wanted (including a driverâs license and a closet full of cool clothes)! But Addie soon discovers a lot more has changed than she expectedâincluding her friendship with Grace. Can Addie turn back time and take back her wish . . . or has she lost the chance to experience what could have been the best years of her life?
âI <3 this book! Smart, sweet, and hilarious.ââLeslie Margolis, author of Girlâs Best Friend
Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up - Jessica Brody
The perfect summer vacation read for tweens! A middle-school girl finds out that being a teenager isnât all itâs cracked up to be in this realistic read about friendship with plenty of LOL momentsâand a magical twist!
Seventh grader Addie Bell canât wait to grow up. Her parents wonât let her have her own phone, she doesnât have any curves, and her best friend, Grace, isnât at all interested in makeup or boys. Then, on the night of her twelfth birthday, Addie makes a wish on a magic jewelry box to be sixteen . . . and wakes up to find her entire life has been fast-forwarded four years! Suddenly she has everything sheâs always wanted (including a driverâs license and a closet full of cool clothes)! But Addie soon discovers a lot more has changed than she expectedâincluding her friendship with Grace. Can Addie turn back time and take back her wish . . . or has she lost the chance to experience what could have been the best years of her life?
âI <3 this book! Smart, sweet, and hilarious.ââLeslie Margolis, author of Girlâs Best Friend