A girl tells her best friend just what to say to woo the boy next door, only to be left wondering if she really wanted him for herself in this middle grade rom-com.
Kat is already so over seventh grade. Her best friend and cousin, Olivia, grew a foot over the summer and won a spot on the schoolβs dance team, making her even more popular than last year. In the jungle that is middle school, Olivia is a gazelle and braces-wearing, manga-loving, uncoordinated Kat is a warthog. Plus, Tyler, Katβs next-door neighbor and buddy since birth, has morphed into a really cute boy. Suddenly the person Katβs used to playing Xbox with is causing her stomach to do cartwheels.
When Olivia confesses she has a crush on Tyler and wants to ask him to the Fall Ball, Kat decides to be a good friend and squash her own feelings. After all, Olivia will need Katβs help to disprove Tylerβs assumption that sheβs ditzy and only cares about lip gloss and boy bands. Katβs one of Tylerβs oldest friends and can tell Olivia exactly how to get his attention.
From writing βTyler cheat sheetsβ listing his favorite things to feeding Olivia lines through her headphones during Olivia and Tylerβs study sessions, Kat devises schemes to make Tyler fall for Olivia. And to her delightβor maybe horrorβher plan begins to work. Now that Oliviaβs caught Tylerβs attention, Kat has to wonder if sheβs fooled Tyler into falling for the wrong girl. But what boy would ever choose a warthog over a gazelle?