Bryce and Juli's rants and raves about each other ring so true that teen readers will quickly identify with at least one of these hilarious feuding egos, if not both. After all, what kind of jerk doesn't care about other people's feelings about chickens and trees? With Flipped, mystery author Wendelin Van Draanen has taken a break from her Sammy Keyes series, and the result is flipping fantastic.

And Juli starts to think that maybe Bryce's brilliant blue eyes are as empty as the rest of Bryce seems to be. Bryce begins to see that Juli's unusual interests and pride in her family are, well, kind of cool. Frankly, he thinks Juli Baker is a little weird-after all, what kind of freak raises chickens and sits in trees for fun? Then, in eighth grade, everything changes. Unfortunately, Bryce has never felt the same.

Ever since she saw Bryce's baby blues back in second grade, Juli has been smitten. Juli Baker devoutly believes in three things: the sanctity of trees (especially her beloved sycamore), the wholesomeness of the eggs she collects from her backyard flock of chickens, and that someday she will kiss Bryce Loski. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. “With a charismatic leading lady kids will flip over, a compelling dynamic between the two narrators and a resonant ending, this novel is a great deal larger than the sum of its parts.” - Publishers Weekly, Starred review A fast, funny, egg-cellent winner.” - SLJ, Starred review “Van Draanen has another winner in this eighth-grade ‘he-said, she-said’ romance. “We flipped over this fantastic book, its gutsy girl Juli and its wise, wonderful ending.” - The Chicago Tribune Winner of the California Young Reader Medal Honor winner, Judy Lopez Memorial Award/WNBA SLJ Top 100 Children’s Novels of all time The updated anniversary edition contains 32 pages of extra backmatter: essays from Wendelin Van Draanen on her sources of inspiration, on the making of the movie of Flipped, on why she’ll never write a sequel, and a selection of the amazing fan mail she’s received.

This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny voices. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort.” But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down: just as Bryce is thinking that there’s maybe more to Juli than meets the eye, she’s thinking that he’s not quite all he seemed. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh.

Celebrating 15 years of Flipped-a classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen.

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