Lily B. on the Brink of Cool

Lily The Uncool-Can She Be Coolified?

         13-year-old Lily Blennerhasset has to go to a relation’s wedding. Her parents are very uncool, and when, the night before the wedding, she sees the only cool people in the room from her uncool family, she has to make friends with them. She does, and records all of her adventures with them in her journal, because her dream is to be an author. But after every adventure, she is the one who gets in trouble and not the cool Leblancs! When the Leblancs need to move to a hotel too expensive for them for two weeks, Lily kindly offers her family's small summerhouse. But the Blennerhassets need the house the next month, and when the Leblancs leave a mess in the house, Lily expects her parents to be mad at her. Instead of being mad, they explain the story of the Whites (read the book to find out who the Whites are)(hey, I'm not going to tell you!). Lily then understands why her parents do not approve of her friendship with the Leblancs. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a story of friendship, false and true.

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.  Lily B. on the Brink of Cool. (New York: HarperTrophy), 2003. ISBN 978-0-06-000588-7