Mrs. B is reading...How to Survive Middle School

How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart

David Greenberg plans to be the next Jon Stewart but he first has to figure out how to survive Harman Middle School.

David produces his own show TalkTime and posts the videos on YouTube. His best friend Elliott used to help him with the show, but they had a falling out. Now David has to figure out a way to deal with:
        6.        Middle school (much scarier than it sounds!)
        5.         His best friend gone girl-crazy
        4.         A runaway mom who has no phone!
        3.         The threat of a swirlie on his birthday
        2.        A terrifying cousin
        1.         His # 1 fan, Bubbe (his Jewish grandmother)
1/2.        And Hammy, the hamster who’s determined to break David’s heart

David makes a new friend, the peppermint-smelling Sophie,while dealing with all of his issues. She loves David’s videos and shares them with a few friends, who share them with a few more friends. Before David knows it, TalkTime has gone viral and David is an internet superstar! You’d think he’d be thrilled, but instead he finds himself asking “What good does it to be famous online when in real life, I go to a school where all I am is ‘Lameberg’?”

Read How to Survive Middle School, and then join us at the January meeting of Cover2Cover to talk about the book and balancing an online life with a real life.