Step Fourth, Mallory! (Mallory (Darby Creek))
Mallory enters Mr. Knight’s fourth grade with high hopes, soon complicated by the realization that she secretly likes the same boy as her best friend Mary Ann. One misstep leads to another, and before she knows it, she’s broken eight of the ten Classroom Rules laid down by her teacher. Mallory’s first-person narrative, interspersed with e-mail and a transcript of her dreaded conference with Mr. Knight, convincingly portrays both her high hopes and her low spirits as she tries to find her way. Illustrated with fresh, childlike drawings, this is the tenth book in the series that began with Mallory on the Move (2004). Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan--This text refers to theLibrary Bindingedition.