Unlucky Thirteen

<h2><strong>New school... New problems... New diary.</strong></h2><p><br></p><p>As if starting a new middle school isn't bad enough; now I'm pretty sure my adoptive mom wants to send me back to the orphanage my evil adoptive sister is trying to ruin my life and the entire eighth grade thinks I'm a total dork because of an unfortunate beach experience involving a poisonous jellyfish. (OK it was only a waterlogged plastic baggie that I mistook for a jellyfish but still.)</p><p><br></p><p>All of that and more recorded on the pages of this diary and dedicated to M- the mother who gave me away.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Dear M ...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Begin the entries in the diary of chronic outsider Willa Shisbey. From her constant humiliations at middle school to the challenges of puberty Willa shares her deepest secrets in a diary dedicated to the mother who gave her up for adoption. Both humorous and heartfelt <em>Unlucky Thirteen</em> the second book in the Confessions of a Nerdy Girl diary series will appeal to fans of Terri Libenson<strong></strong> Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm.</p>