#tbt: Flipped by Wendell Van Draanen

Image: Penguin Random House

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanan. 212 p. Alfred A. Knopf/ Random House Children's Books, October, 2001. 9780375811746. (Own)

Happy first day of school with students to me! Getting to school this morning was a bit of a challenge what with flooded roads and downed trees. We had a delayed opening. I hope you all stayed dry last night! What a storm!

#tbt is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanan a month early. This comedy is told in the alternating points-of-view of Juli and Bryce. The first time Juli met Bryce back in second grade, she flipped for him. She's convinced that he is the bearer of her first kiss. Bryce's immediate reaction to Juli is just the opposite. Over the years between second and eighth grades, this remains the case until Bryce flips. For Juli. And she couldn't care less.

Flipped was named an SLJ Best Book and also made several State Award lists. It was adapted for film by Rob Reiner in 2010  and is one of my go-to "romances" for fifth and sixth graders!