In 10 Steps to Girlfriend Status, Cynthia Toney continues
the first-person narrative of Wendy Robichaud that she began in 8 Notes to aNobody. Like the first book in the Bird Face Series, the sequel is
issue-driven fiction for teens. This time around, Wendy is struggling to cope
with a blended family after her mom remarries. Wendy’s best friend Alice is now
her sister and she has gained a six-year old brother. The whole family needs to
adjust. In addition, her former next-door neighbor and adopted grandmother,
Mrs. V., is suffering from Alzheimer’s. And, to make life more emotionally
complex, Wendy is starting to date.
Thrown into the fictional mix is a mystery Wendy is trying
to solve about a great uncle that disappeared many years earlier after falling
in love with a girl his family didn’t approve of.
10 Steps to Girlfriend Status is an enjoyable read. Those
who read the first two books in the Bird Face series will be eager for Toney to
pen more stories about Wendy and her life.
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