Always one of the popular kids, sophomore Paisley Hanover gets a rude awakening when shes booted out of yearbook and into the badlands of drama class. Out of her element but only momentarily out of ideas, Paisley takes actionand an unexpected liking to her drama buddies. The result? An undercover crusade that could bring down the popularity pecking order, and Paisley along with it.
This is the story of how Paisley Hanover gets wise, gets bold, and gets into a hilarious mess of trouble. With a package as fresh and clever as Paisley herself including a cool slipcase, a fabulous novel, and Paisleys notebook of embarrassingly funny ideas and doodlesits the start of a series that embraces the Un in UnUsual.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7–9—Paisley, a sophomore at Pleasant Hill High, is horrified when she is transferred out of Yearbook and into Drama, home of the freaks and weirdos. She's already lost her friend Jen to the lure of the überpopular crowd. But those teens are also the bullies of the school, picking on anyone too timid to fight back. As her disillusion with them grows, Paisley makes new, truer friends among the drama set. Still, she struggles with the desire to fit in versus total disgust with the actions of the in-crowd. Writing a column for the school newspaper under the pseudonym "Miss UnPleasant," she makes radical statements praising unpopularity and gets the entire student body talking, making Un the "it" thing to be. Paisley's struggle with the social hierarchy of high school will strike a cord with every teen, popular or Un. Tuttle's writing is quirky and witty, full of fabulous language and phrasings and spot-on with today's teen vernacular. The characters are fully developed and multifaceted, with even the most unpleasant popular teens having moments of humanity.—Heather E. Miller, Homewood Public Library, AL
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