{"product_id":"talias-codebook-for-mathletes-isbn-9781536233247","title":"Talia's Codebook for Mathletes","description":"\u003cb\u003eCan math-loving Talia crack the code of being cool in middle school? Marissa Moss, creator of the internationally best-selling Amelia’s Notebook series, makes a welcome, STEM-oriented return to the comics diary form.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalia loves math puzzles and code-breaking, but the new social rules of middle school have her stumped. Her best friend, Dash, is now embarrassed to be best friends with a girl, so he only wants to hang out with Talia outside of school. And although Talia is excited to make the math team, the strict team captain doubts her abilities . . . just because she’s a girl. But Talia has a great idea: she’ll start her own all-girls math team! As the first competition approaches, Talia is determined to bring her fledgling team to victory, get her best friend back, and break the social code of preteen life. In the spirit of her best-selling Amelia’s Notebook series, Marissa Moss brings Talia’s adventures to life through charming text, illustrations, doodles, graphs, and puzzles. This delightful new series is for all math-lovers, doodlers, and anyone who has ever had to navigate the unfamiliar conventions of a new school.Shows with authenticity how Talia has to manage complex feelings around growing up, recognizing her own mistakes, and making room for others. . . Talia’s love of code-breaking and scavenger hunts is incorporated through fun puzzles for readers to solve. Fans of Moss’ Amelia’s Notebooks series will feel at home with the engagingly illustrated text and tips for navigating social situations. . . . A fun, interactive guide to forging your own path in middle school.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA delightful novel sure to be a hit with readers wishing to become mathematicians or even scientists. With a narrative infused with colorful illustrations, codes, jokes, and observations, this is a fantastic start to a new series.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoss successfully integrates an array of codes, doodles, and puzzles among Talia’s insightful and often humorous deductions. . . Talia is an appealing heroine who thrives despite her challenges and missteps, and whose willingness to learn—coupled with her frustrations around growing up and changing dynamics—paints an organic portrait of one irrepressible tween’s middle school experience.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this delightful book, author\/illustrator Marissa Moss tells the story of math-loving Talia using her signature format that imitates a hand-written notebook with full color artwork on every page. . . math and codes are interwoven seamlessly into the text. . . the main draw for readers will be Talia herself, as her struggles with friendship and fitting in are so relatable.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Connection\u003cb\u003eMarissa Moss\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author-illustrator who has written more than seventy children’s books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult historical novels. She’s best known for the Amelia’s Notebook series, which has sold 6 million copies, been translated into several languages, and helped start the journal format craze in children’s books. Marissa Moss lives in California.\u003cb\u003eThis journal belongs to: Talia Zargari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I’m starting this notebook to help me figure out middle school. Getting things out of my head and onto the page always helps me think—or at least it’s fun to do. Problems seem smaller once you can draw them. And 6th grade is full of problems!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Middle school is \u003cu\u003enot\u003c\/u\u003e what I expected.\u003cbr\u003e   Sixth grade was supposed to be great—a new, big school, getting a locker, having real science classes and labs instead of just a handout on caterpillars becoming butterflies. The end of being a little kid!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElementary School: How it is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MATH\u003cbr\u003eBaby problems, like 1 + 1 = 2.\u003cbr\u003eOr worse, memorizing the times tables—again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSCIENCE\u003cbr\u003ePlant a seed.\u003cbr\u003eWait. Wait.\u003cbr\u003eWait. Wait.\u003cbr\u003eFinally, a sprout!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eENGLISH\u003cbr\u003eRead a book.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes good, sometimes boring.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMiddle School: How it is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMATH\u003cbr\u003eComplicated, challenging problems—finally more math fun for me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SCIENCE\u003cbr\u003eBuild a robot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ENGLISH\u003cbr\u003eWrite . . . and publish your own story!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   Some of that stuff is true, but there are other things about 6th grade that aren’t so great. One thing I didn’t expect at all.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The things you don’t worry about can turn out to be the worst things of all.\u003cbr\u003e   My (maybe) best friend\u003cbr\u003e   Dash!\u003cbr\u003e   For the first couple of weeks of middle school, everything was fine with us, just the way it should be. Dash was in most of my classes, so I always had someone to sit with. \u003cbr\u003e   Then this happened:\u003cbr\u003e   I’m sorry, we can’t be friends anymore.\u003cbr\u003e   Everyone teases me. They say you’re my girlfriend.\u003cbr\u003e   First I was shocked. Then I got mad.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   What do you care what “they” say? And who are they anyway?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   So what?!\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   I knew I shouldn’t yell. I mean, who wants to be friends with someone who screams at you? But I couldn’t stop myself. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   We can be secret friends—at home, not in school.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   That could be cool.\u003cbr\u003e   NO!!! \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   That’s terrible!\u003cbr\u003e   It felt like Dash was ashamed of me, that I embarrassed him in front of his other friends. And the way I was screaming, I was pretty embarrassing. Luckily we were walking home, far from other people. I could see Dash was miserable. But I was even \u003cu\u003emore\u003c\/u\u003e miserable.\u003cbr\u003e   I told him that he was talking the way a grown-up does when they try to convince their kid something awful is really neat, like getting a shot or going to the dentist.\u003cbr\u003e   Calling something rotten a secret doesn’t turn it into something cool. And this was definitely NOT cool.\u003cbr\u003e   I started imagining lunch all by myself, not having an instant partner in our shared classes, not walking in the hallways together. \u003cbr\u003e   I was deep in imagined misery, not even noticing where I was walking, when Dash grabbed my arm.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   Please! I know you’re upset, but can we try it my way for a while, just so I have time to show the guys I’m OK, like a regular guy?\u003cbr\u003e   A regular guy? Since when do you want to be regular?\u003cbr\u003e   Please!\u003cbr\u003e   If you really are my friend . . .\u003cbr\u003e   Just give me a chance, Talia.\u003cbr\u003e   We can still walk to school together until we get to Echo Park. After that, we should walk on opposite sides of the street.\u003cbr\u003e   I’m not trying to be popular. \u003cbr\u003e   I just want things to be easier.\u003cbr\u003e   Middle school is tricky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   He’s right about that! 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I needed my best friend around more than ever.\u003cbr\u003e   It was our first big fight since 2nd grade, when I accidentally broke his new Nerf gun and hid it in his closet because I was too embarrassed to admit what I’d done.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   Have you seen my Nerf gun?\u003cbr\u003e   Me? \u003cbr\u003e   Nope, no way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I was so ashamed, I finally had to tell him. \u003cbr\u003e   This seemed a lot bigger.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dash was desperate. \u003cbr\u003e   All week, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Dash had said . . . and how he had looked.\u003cbr\u003e   The Dash Spectrum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e happy dash\u003cbr\u003e sad dash\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e normal \u003cbr\u003e dash\u003cbr\u003e mad dash\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e desperate dash","brand":"Walker Books US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299933540581,"sku":"NP9781536233247","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536233247.jpg?v=1767737760","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/talias-codebook-for-mathletes-isbn-9781536233247","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}