HOW TO ROCK BRACES AND GLASSES By Meg Haston LOUISIANA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE NOMINEE 2014 GRADE 6-8 Study Guide and Discussion Questions Submitted by: Melodie Franklin, Youth Services Librarian, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, LA Title: How to Rock Braces and Glasses Author: Meg Haston Publisher: Little Brown and Company Pages: 324 SUMMARY and she Things couldn’t be better for Kacey Simon. It’s her last year in middle school more popular, cute or more on the cutting edge of style, fashion and just couldn’t be the star of advice segment put on everything! She’s “Simon Says,” a weekly hard-hitting by Marquette Middle School’s landed a lead part in the TV station. She’s school’s spring and her crush Quinn Wilder, who she gets to kiss in the musical, “Guys Dolls,” opposite play! She has the most supportive, (or so it seems) group of besties a girl could ask for. Then the and a set of bright unimaginable happens…she ends up with coke bottle glasses metal braces that in turn cause her to that happen? More importantly, how lisp! How’d will she survive!? This book is a page turner that will bring you through the harsh realities of life in middle and the rollercoaster ride from being a total hot and school…catty boys, cattier girls wanted babe to being the complete anti-societal geek you once shunned. See how this journey makes Kacey stronger, more compassionate and a better person and friend for having seen both sides of the social spectrum. AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY Meg Haston she endured 7th through calls Jacksonville, Florida home since that’s where 12th grades where, yes, she rocked glasses and braces! She traveled much before settling in Jacksonville and since from high school, since but she’s graduated she’s traveled much continues to call Jacksonville her true home. She aspired to be many things like an astronaut, glitzy movie star, cultural anthropologist and sassy ice dancer but found her calling in writing and therapy. Find out more about her at . OTHER TITLES BY AUTHOR (2012) How to Rock Break-ups and Make-ups
HOW TO ROCK BRACES AND GLASSES By Meg Haston LOUISIANA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE NOMINEE 2014 GRADE 6-8 Study Guide and Discussion Questions Submitted by: Melodie Franklin, Youth Services Librarian, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, LA Title: How to Rock Braces and Glasses Author: Meg Haston Publisher: Little Brown and Company Pages: 324 SUMMARY Things couldn’t be better for Kacey Simon. It’s her last year in middle school and she couldn’t be more popular, cute or more on the cutting edge of style, fashion and just everything! She’s the star of “Simon Says,” a weekly hard-hitting advice segment put on by Marquette Middle School’s TV station. She’s landed a lead part in the school’s spring musical, “Guys and Dolls,” opposite her crush Quinn Wilder, who she gets to kiss in the play! She has the most supportive, (or so it seems) group of besties a girl could ask for. Then the unimaginable happens…she ends up with coke bottle glasses and a set of bright metal braces that in turn cause her to lisp! How’d that happen? More importantly, how will she survive!? This book is a page turner that will bring you through the harsh realities of life in middle school…catty boys, cattier girls and the rollercoaster ride from being a total hot and wanted babe to being the complete anti-societal geek you once shunned. See how this journey makes Kacey stronger, more compassionate and a better person and friend for having seen both sides of the social spectrum. AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY Meg Haston calls Jacksonville, Florida home since that’s where she endured 7th through 12th grades where, yes, she rocked glasses and braces! She traveled much before settling in Jacksonville and since she’s graduated from high school, she’s traveled much since but continues to call Jacksonville her true home. She aspired to be many things like an astronaut, glitzy movie star, cultural anthropologist and sassy ice dancer but found her calling in writing and therapy. Find out more about her at . OTHER TITLES BY AUTHOR How to Rock Break-ups and Make-ups (2012)
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