YOUNG GHOST VS. COOL KIDS Middle School is never a piece of cake, but it"s even harder when you lose your best friend to the "cool kids". You know the cool kids with belly-button rings, tattoos, packs of cigarettes in their stylish tiny purses and the mean personality. Allie is smart, cute, not too fat, not too thin, and just not one of the cool kids. Her best friend Marissa is... and eighth grade is about to begin. When Marissa abandons her, Allie angrily flings her friendship necklace into the backyard pool. To her astonishment, the ghost of Dorothy May, a Mayflower ancestor, appears, maybe to help her with 8th grade problems. Dorothy May"s 17th century Puritan perspective gives Allie a new take on friendship, happiness, and even the 8th grade. The Ghost in Allie"s Pool pulls in the reader from the first paragraph. In Allie"s authentic voice, author Sari Bodi addresses bullying, peer pressure and conformity. It is a book that teens will want to read and their mothers and teachers will want to talk about.