The Truth About 5th Grade
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Charlotte “Charli” Wilson thought Alex Andropov would always be her best BFF in the whole wide world. From crushes to butterfly phobias to secret hidden blankies, there’s never been a secret they couldn’t share. Charli even showed Alex the supersecret hiding spot for her diary. But when school starts and Charli learns that Alex has betrayed her by sharing her biggest, most secretest secret, she realizes that maybe her bestie isn’t so great after all.
Meanwhile, Alex has no idea what he's done wrong. He doesn’t know why Charli’s not talking to him. He has no choice (right? RIGHT?) but to take her diary and try to correct the record. There’s always two sides to the truth—especially in fifth grade.
With hilarious illustrations and outrageous twists on every page, this is the perfect story for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Tapper Twins, and Invisible Emmie.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Though everyone keeps telling them "people change," fifth grade best friends Charli Wilson and Alex Andropov, who do everything together, are certain that nothing can come between them: their mothers co-own an architecture firm, their fathers co-facilitate a poetry club, and they're next-door neighbors. But when Charli meets classmate Henry and dubs him her True Crush Forever, and learns that Alex committed the BFF crime of "BLABBERMOUTHERY" by telling someone about said crush, things begin to fall apart. Charli has never told anyone that Alex sleeps with a blankie or that he has a crush on quiet classmate Kiara, so she doesn't understand Alex's betrayal. Alternating diary entries written by Parisi (the Marty Pants series) and Tomsic (The 12th Candle) feature expressive illustrations that match the characters' personalities: doodles in the margins and dramatic line breaks personify Charli's stream-of-consciousness narration while Alex's organized paragraphs sport larger defined sketches. As the besties struggle to get on the same page, they navigate friendship rivalries, pranks, and violations of privacy via fast-paced chapters that highlight their differences—and similarities—and offer laugh-out-loud moments. Character skin tones match the white of the page. Ages 8–12.
