The Retake

<b> <br>&#147;A book about a time-traveling app? I&#146;m in! Jen Calonita strikes again with a coming-of-age middle grade full of wit and a little bit of magic. &#147;&#160;&#151;<b>Sarah Mlynowski&#160;</b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Whatever After and Upside Down Magic series<br><br><br><b>A brilliant friendship story that champions kindness resilience and the courage to challenge long held expectations - both of others and of yourself.&#160;</b>--<b>Lauren Myracle&#160;co-author of the New York Times best-selling Upside-Down Magic series</b><br><br>You can retake your photos...but what if could redo moments in your life too? With one magical app Zoe is able to do just that! A smart and funny twist on time travel from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jen Calonita for fans for Disney's<i> Zapped </i>and<i> The Swap.&#160;</i></b><br><br>Zoe knows that the only thing harder than middle school is losing a best friend. She and Laura used to do everything together from taking silly selfies to joining all the same clubs together and even throwing surprise birthday parties for one another. <br><br>But lately things have been weird between them. Now Laura will post a photo of her hanging out with other girls before responding to Zoe's simple text. She doesn't even want to sit with her at lunch anymore. Zoe is heartbroken--all she wants is for things to go back to normal.<br><br>But then a magical app downloads on her phone...and things get even weirder! Suddenly Zoe can travel back in time to moments where her and Laura started drifting apart. It is like a dream come true. A chance for Zoe to mend their friendship. <br><br>But as Zoe goes back to moments of middle school drama--sleepover games gone wrong field trips with cliques and crushes and school projects that bring on more-than-awkward encounters--she realizes that second chances don't always go as planned and that sometimes you need to trust the magic of new beginnings.<br><br><i>The Retake</i> is a picture-perfect look at tween friendship that also explores more serious themes of social media pressure bullying and what it means to be yourself.<br><b><br><br>Jen Calonita puts a magical spin on all-to-real middle school drama. Warm witty and wise&#160;<i>The Retake</i>is for anyone who has broken up with a best friend and wished they could go back to the way it used to be.&#151;Megan McCaferty author of&#160;<i>True to Your Selfie&#160;</i>and Jessica Darling&#146;s It List series</b><br><br><b>As addictive as your favorite app you won't be able to put it down. - Stacy&#160;McAnulty&#160;the&#160;author of&#160;<i>The&#160;Miscalculations of Lightning Girl</i></b>