Beauty and Bernice

Twelve-year-old Bernice Baransky likes the grunge look shes come by honestly as the only girl at Porchtown Skate Park who can pop an ollie, ride the rails, and grind the slabs. Shed love to impress Wyatt Anderson, a skater who calls her Dude, but Bernice cant seem to do more than mumble when hes around. Should she accept help from a new neighbor, the proper and princessy Odelia, who is desperate to befriend her? Odelia keeps a fancy notebook called Odelia's Guide to the Social Graces and spouts off hilarious lessons on poise, posture, manners, and what to do about embarrassing oopsies like unexpected burps and spilled soda. This exciting story takes readers on a thrill ride from the skate parks half-pipe to Smile Academy, a summer camp for Down syndrome children. A novel full of adventure and heart, it asks the question: can two very different people ever be friends? See more