JUDY MOODY - AROUND THE WORLD IN 8 1/2 DAYS

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The seventh book in the internationally bestselling series. Will the arrival of the magnifico Amy Namey make Judy Moody start to forget all about her old friends? Judy is about to go around the world from the comfort of her classroom - and she wants to take all her friends with her.Judy Moody meets her double in the seventh book in the internationally popular and bestselling series, perfect for fans of Clarice Bean, Penny Dreadful and Agatha Parrot. The new girl at school is so similar to Judy they are practically clones! Amy Namey is a member of the "way-cool" My-Name-Is-A-Poem Club, and what's more, she sounds just like Judy and likes the same things as her, too. Judy is meant to be doing an Around-the-World class project on Italy with her best-ever friends Rocky and Frank Pearl. But with so much time spent thinking about Amy, Judy's old friends start to feel left out...

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CHAPTER ONE The girl had a notebook and a clipboard. The girl wore a blue plaid skirt like a school uniform, and not one but TWO watches. The girl had a pencil behind her ear. The girl looked very noticeable in her blue-green glasses. The girl came over to Judy Moody's lunch table and plopped herself down right beside Judy's friends Rocky and Frank. She, NOT Judy Moody, looked like she was in a reporter mood. Who was this important-looking, glasses-wearing girl, anyway? Judy wondered. "Amy Namey, Girl Reporter," said the girl. "What's the scoop?" "Um . . . Screamin' Mimi's chocolate mud?" asked Judy. "Not the ice-cream kind of scoop," said the girl. "The story kind of scoop. I'm a reporter," she said. "Like Nellie Bly, Daredevil Reporter." She, Judy Moody, could not believe her ears. Frank asked, "Is that like Elizabeth Blackwell, First Woman Doctor?" Judy leaned in closer. "Check!" said the girl. She wrote something on her clipboard. "I'm from Ms. Valentine's class, 3V. Can I ask you a few questions? For my newspaper?" "You have your own paper?" asked Frank Pearl. "Sure!" said the girl. Just then, Super-Important Girl Reporter held out a ketchup-bottle microphone. "What's your favorite school lunch?" she asked. "Quesadilla pizza, popcorn chicken, or French toast sticks?" "French toast is breakfast," said Judy. "Pizza!" screamed Rocky and Frank at the same time. "Check!" said the girl. She checked the paper on her clipboard. "I pack my lunch," said Judy. "How many times a week should the cafeteria have pizza?" she asked. "Three," said Frank. "Five!" said Rocky. "Every day! With extra cheese!" "Check!" said the girl. Who was this list-checking, clipboard-carrying Pizza Reporter, anyway? And why were Rocky and Frank, Judy's best-ever friends, talking to her? "You can't really get us pizza every day for lunch," said Judy. "Why not?" asked the girl. "My mom knows the lunch ladies. Besides, it's a free country." "Hey! That's what you always say!" Frank said to Judy. "Do not!" "Do too!" said Rocky and Frank at the same time. "Question Number Three," said the girl. "What else would you like to change about Virginia Dare School?" . . . "No Pizza Reporters bugging us at lunchtime," said Judy. The girl stopped writing. The girl did not say "Check!" In spite of herself, Judy got caught up in the moment. "Okay. I have an idea! For real!" said Judy. "Chew gum in school!" . . . "I could work on my ABC gum collection at school," said Judy. "Start one under my desk. Not just at home on the lamp by my bed." Girl Reporter was writing again. "ABC stands for Already Been Chewed," said Judy. "I know that," said the girl. "I collect gum too. I've been to the world's best-ever collection of ABC gum. The biggest in the world." "Huh?" asked Judy. "Sure!" said the girl. "Bubblegum Alley. It's in California." "I went to Boston," said Judy. "I saw it on summer vacation. You walk down this alley between two buildings and there's a Wall of Gum on each side. Chewed-up gum that people stuck there. Some even made pictures and stuff out of gum. I chewed five black gumballs from the machine they have there and added it to the wall." "No way!" said Rocky. "Way!" said the girl. "It's like a Gum Hall of Fame. Or a Gum W Excerpted from Around the World in 8 1/2 Days by Megan McDonald All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

It's the fifth adventure for that one-of-a-kind third-grader: Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days by Megan McDonald, illus. by Peter H. Reynolds. As her class tours the globe and its diverse cultural traditions, Judy acquires a friend, Amy Namey (whose name also rhymes). But will Judy have to give up her uniqueness in the name of friendship? (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-Judy Moody has a rival in Amy Namey, a dynamic new girl at school. Not only does Amy have her own newspaper, she wears two watches so she knows what time it is in France. Like Judy, she has a collection of ABC (Already Been Chewed) gum, and has even visited Bubblegum Alley in California. To top it off, Amy's a card-carrying member of the My-Name-Is-a-Poem Club. Judy Moody's never heard of this club, which is way cooler than the Toad Pee Club she and her friends originated. What's not to hate? Judy soon discovers that best enemies can turn into best friends when their similarities are viewed as common ground. That's about the same time Judy's friends Rocky and Frank become jealous and make trouble during their group social studies project. Kate Forbes hits a perfect third grader stride in her narration of this hilarious book by Megan McDonald (Candlewick, 2006).-Erin B. Allen, Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Gr. 2-4. When Judy Moody meets Amy Namey, she bridles at the girl's similarities to her own proudly unique persona. They soon become great friends, however, but in her enthusiasm for Amy, Judy slights her old pals Rocky and Frank. In one amusing scene, Judy's little brother acts as a conversational go-between, relaying comments between his sister and Rocky, who's not (technically) speaking to Judy. Like others in the series, this book features a reader-friendly format, on-target humor, and convincing depictions of third-graders in action at school and at home. Illustrations not seen. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2006 Booklist

Horn Book Review

Third-grader Judy befriends new girl Amy Namey and neglects her old friends, Rocky and Frank. After Judy misses a meeting to plan their project about Nellie Bly's trip around the world, the boys refuse to work with her anymore. Judy's entertaining efforts to win them back while completing the assignment herself make for an effective study in the subtleties of friendship. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.