3.5 Stars

A short and engaging book about some young women fighting against an unhealthy school culture of boys objectifying girls and judging people based on their appearance. The incidents made me uncomfortable but I think it was good that the bullying and nastiness was kept at an appropriate level for middle school readers whilst maintaining the seriousness of the issue. I think it was clever that it was told from different perspectives as the girls initially viewed the list in very different ways but united when they saw how damaging this kind of behaviour was. A good book. ( )

Excellent story. The eighth grade is consumed when a list of the top 50 prettiest girls is published anonymously. The girl who was put at number one hates the attention, the popular girl at number two is insulted, and another who didn't make the list has to hide her embarrassment and hurt. Together they plot to uncover the boy who wrote it and get revenge. Is revenge the right way to handle it, though? ( )