Candy Apple: The Boy Next Door

by Laura Dower

Middle school is full of fun and full of challenges for the girls in this popular series. Those challenges can result in great difficulties and hardwon lessons!

It never mattered that they were a boy and a girl. Jeff and Taryn have always been great friends. But everything is different in middle school. Can their friendship withstand the changes?

"Convincingly conveys the social pressures of middle school, and the price and precariousness of popularity, offering a cheer-worthy blend o

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Candy Apple #2: The Boy Next Door

Taryn and Jeff have lived next door to each other forever. It never really seemed to matter that they were a boy and girl - they were just friends. But when they hit sixth grade, everything changes - whether they want it to or not.

Middle school is full of new faces and new activities. Jeff makes the soccer team - and a ton of cool new friends. Taryn heads up the school carnival committee, rying to keep busy while the rest of the girls in her class go off the boy-crazy deep end. But when Jeff transforms into Mr. Popularity, Taryn can't believe it. When did he turn into such a boy? And what happened to her best friend?

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Candy Apple #2: The Boy Next Door

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The Boy Next Door

Author: Laura Dower

Series: Candy Apple (Book #2)

Interest Level:
3-5

Lexile Framework:
700L

Grade Level Equivalent:
5.1

Guided Reading Level:
U

Age:
10-14

Genre:
Comedy and Humor, Series, Realistic Fiction

Subject:
Friends and Friendship, School Life, Romantic Relationships, Adolescence

Taryn and Jeff have lived next door to each other forever. It never really seemed to mattter that they were a girl and a boy — they were just friends. But when they hit sixth grade, everything changes — whether they want it to or not.

Middle school is full of new facres and new activities. Jeff makes the soccer team — and a ton of cool new friends. Taryn heads up the school carnival committee, trying to keep busy while the rest of the girls in her class go off the boy-crazy deep end. But when Jeff transforms into Mr. Popularity, Taryn can't believe it. When did he turn into such a boy? And what happened to her best friend?