Rumors from the Boys' Room: A Blogtastic! Novel
Sofia, the Blogtastic Blogger, is back in this follow-up to Gossip from the Girls’ Room (2011). This time she swears against spreading gossip, but an overheard conversation about an exchange student is too juicy to ignore. In her private pre-blogging notebook, chock full of doodled illustrations, Sofia obsesses about popularity, boys, and a mean girl whose main offense appears to be fruit-scented hair. The style recalls the Wimpy Kid series but lacks its sympathetic narrator, engaging characters, or slapstick humor. Still, there is high demand for journal-style books, and fans of the first book may gravitate to this one. --Suzanne Harold