A Field Guide to High School

By Marissa Walsh

Book Overview

Andie has just finished eighth grade and will be starting high school in the fall. The good news: Her super-popular valedictorian big sister, Claire, is graduating and won't be there to put Andie in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385734107
• ISBN13: 9780385734103
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Contains wisdom and fun to delight any middle school reader

Marissa Walsh's A FIELD GUIDE TO HIGH SCHOOL tells of Andie, who has just finished eighth grade and will soon begin high school. Her big sister will be graduating as she enters school - and her guide for new freshman Andie contains wisdom and fun to delight any middle school reader contemplating high school's challenges.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Andie's nervous about starting high school. What if everyone compares her to her super-popular sister and finds her lacking? Since Claire just graduated, she won't be there to help Andie, but neither will she be there to overshadow her. The day Claire leaves for college, she leaves behind a present for Andie: a field guide to high school. Inside, she dishes on what not to do, the differences between the cliques, and the knowledge that everyone's insecure in high school. Is the answer really to just be yourself? Andie shares the guide with her best friend, Bess, who will be attending a different high school. While the two friends pour over the guide with amusement and wonder, they realize that this tiny guide dishes on everything high school. Readers will be left wondering if Andie follows her sister's advice and if she survives high school, though, since the book only spans one day. Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel