The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (The Popularity Papers #5)

The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang (The Popularity Papers #5)

By Amy Ignatow

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Book 5 of 7 in the  The Popularity Papers Series
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 1 - 4n/a3.4n/a
Fresh off their epic summer road trip, Lydia and Julie are back and ready to take seventh grade by storm. Well, Lydia is: She wants to start a band, and she’s convinced Julie to join her. The Macramé Owls are joined by Roland (expert at the hardingfele) and Jane (expert at drama). None of them, unfortunately, are experts at rocking out. The band needs more practice, but instead Lydia and Julie find themselves riding an unexpected wave of popularity to their own belated birthday party. The girls may have accidentally stumbled upon the secret to popularity—if only the secret weren’t so completely humiliating. Hilarious, observant, and honest, this installment of the series has all of Amy Ignatow’s signature charm, while bringing our beloved heroines to a new turning point in their lives.

Praise for The Popularity Papers: Book Five
"Ignatow’s illustrations (attributed to Julie), humorous comments, and the story’s sticky situations make this a gregarious addition to the series."
—Booklist
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 9781419713088
ISBN-10: 1419713086
Published on 9/9/2014
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 208

Book Reviews (5)

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Julie and Lydia want to start a band. They get instruments for their birthdays and they go to music lessons. Roland hears about the band and wants to be in it. He joins and plays a Norwegian instrument. They also let Jane join and they start p[laying music. Horrible music. Lydia wanted to start playing in front of audience and go to a birthday party. Unfortunately,they were not told that it was a six year old birthday party. Even though the little kids hated the songs, their school had rumors that they playing really good. They call people to their house and play their good music and the win everyone's love for their music.

Really cool book, definetly for diary of awimpy kid fans out there. And good illustrations. best out of the whole series.

This book is about Lydia and Julie they just got home from there road trip during summer and now they are going into 7th grade.many crazy fun things happen in this book but I think the best thing about this book is the part about there birthdays.they share the same birthday so as bffs they share a party .Julie wants her dad's to give her a drum set and Lydia wants a guitar 🎸 so they can be the marcrain owls .I really liked this book I got it for 25 at a booksale !😁I recommend to 10 to 12 year olds and I rate this book 4/5 stars 😁 😁 😁 -pizzagirl7

I don't have it yet and I'm DESPERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!