until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears

and feels strange all the way to school

Airi will need the help of her new classmates—who might even be her new friends—to get Mrs

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Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School, 1) Children's Siblings Books until a classmate draws aCardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. On her first day at her new school, Penelope Peppi Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis?