As their powers evolve in possibly dangerous ways, the Odds learn of a nefarious experiment in which they are unwitting test subjects and, even more incredible, become friends.
Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd and record their findings in the form of a scrapbook.
Told in their four voices, a diverse group of middle schoolers comes together to try to figure out the bus accident that gave each a bizarre, limited superpower.
research for the social improvement and general betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang
Ignatow, Amy
2010
Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.
Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.
On a summer road trip with Papa Dad and Daddy after their first year of junior high, Julie and Lydia use their powers of observation to catalog each new location they visit, and confront the truths of family dynamics.
Lydia and Julie's comparative peace is shattered when Hamlin Junior High plays host to new students whose school has burned down, a situation that culminates in a heated rivalry and a dance battle.
Two best friends are separated when Lydia's mother takes a job in London for six months, where Lydia tries to adjust to being an American in an English school and Julie has to deal with the cliques of junior high and a group of troublemakers who want to take her under their wing.
When Julie and Roland become an official couple, Lydia and Julie try to find romantic guidance, while Lydia's mother announced her plans to marry Lydia's soccer coach, Eric.
