The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Emma McKenna, Full Out
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Publisher Description
Meet the kids in Mrs. Z’s wacky and wonderful third-grade class! Cheerleader Emma McKenna is thrilled for the first day of school… until her frenemy shows up and all of Emma’s plans for a social do-over take a tumble!
Emma McKenna can’t wait for third grade at the brand-new Curiosity Academy. She’ll have a cool teacher who wears high-tops and science earrings. She’ll meet interesting classmates from all over Peppermint Falls. Best of all, she’ll get a fresh start after last year’s talent-show disaster left her with that awful nickname. It’s going to be the best year ever!
Then Lucy walks into Mrs. Z’s room.
Lucy, Emma’s best-friend-turned-enemy.
Lucy, who gave Emma that nickname and spread it all over school!
Emma’s fresh start is doomed . . . unless she can make friends before Lucy ruins everything.
So Emma sets out to be pals with everyone, just like her favorite animal, the capybara. As her classmates argue over the choice of a new school mascot, Emma stays quiet and doesn’t pick sides. (The last thing she needs is another enemy.) But maybe speaking up could be the thing that helps her really connect with her class—and saves her at last from third-grade doom.
Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Emma McKenna welcomes readers into Mrs. Z’s class where friendship and fun rule the school in this series-starter from New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner.
Perfect for!
★ My Weirdtastic School fans
★ Reluctant readers
★ Classroom read-alouds
★ Andrew Clements fans
★ Cheerleaders
Read them all! The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class have plenty of stories to share!
Emma McKenna, Full out (#1)
Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (#2)
Poppy Song Bakes a Way (#3)
The Legend of Memo Castillo (#4)
Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (#5) — available for preorder now!
Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (#6) — available for preorder now!
Olive Little Gets Crafty (#7) — available for preorder now!
Synclaire Fields Knows the Score (#8) — available for preorder now!
*The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class is an innovative series where every book is written by a different all-star author and features a different kid in the same third-grade class. They can be read in any order!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When cheerleader Emma McKenna begins third grade at Curiosity Academy, she's eager to befriend her new classmates and thrilled by her quirky teacher Mrs. Z. But Emma isn't expecting to encounter Lucy, her former best friend, with whom she had a falling-out the year before, resulting in mean nicknames and hurt feelings. Now, Emma worries that Lucy will turn the class against her. Fretting about Lucy is exhausting, so Emma focuses on winning the affection of "maybe-friends." Inspired by her family's ice cream shop and her fondness for obscure holidays, Emma endeavors to endear herself to her schoolmates by bringing gummy worms to class on "Eat an Extra Dessert Day." With her classmates more concerned about choosing a school mascot, however, Emma pivots and makes her case for the capybara, a creature she imagines is "friends with everybody." The first in a new series, each written by a different author, this wholesome read by Messner (The Scariest Kitten in the World) briefly introduces future planned protagonists without sacrificing the momentum of Emma's appealing plight, making for a buoyant series opener with an engaging premise. Emma reads as white; supporting characters are racially diverse. Ages 6–9.
