Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)

Written by Lisa Yee

Illustrated by Dan Santat

Bobby and Holly have been friends forever. That is, until they started fourth grade. Holly suddenly becomes friends with Jillian Zarr; and that's when things begin to change. Bobby thinks she is acting like a girl (instead of like his best friend.) Besides his former best friend becoming friends with someone else, Bobby has other problems to deal with. For example, his former-football-star-now-stay-at-home-dad cannot seem to conquer the task of cooking any meal without burning it, and he becomes a "PTO lady!" Bobby also wants a dog more than anything in the world, but he settles for a pet fish named Rover. When it's time for class elections, Bobby finds himself competing with Holly for the class representative position. He wonders how he will survive the elections as he finds himself in the middle of an all-out boy vs. girl war!

Have you ever had a fight with your best friend? Have you ever been friends with someone and suddenly realized that you weren't really friends after all? What did you do? Does this book remind you of another book you've read?