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A Fun and Colorful Way to Get Students to Love Reading!

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Title:   The Popularity Papers 2: The Long-Distance Dispatch Author: Amy Ignatow Copyright: 2013 Publisher: Amulet Books Guided Reading Level: S Genre: Fiction/Graphic Novel  Summary: Diversity, diversity, diversity! This incredibly interesting graphic novel will make any child want to read about the adventures main characters Lydia and Julie encounter during their first year of junior high school. The story is initially about main character Lydia moving to London because her mom accepted a job there, and main character Julie staying put at the school Julie and Lydia attended together. As the two main characters are living their lives in different countries, they both decide to keep their own distinct artistic journal about their interesting adventures. Both characters draw some hilarious pictures (Lydia's artistic contributions are crazy) for their journals, and when readers see these pictures, it makes them fall more and more in love with the story, and...