Planet Middle School.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)

Planet Middle School (unabr.). cassette or CD. 1:15 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4618-4232-3, CD: ISBN 978-1-4618-4231-6. $15.75.

Gr 5-8--Joylin has always been happy in blue jeans and a t-shirt playing hoops with Jake, her best guy friend. As she turns 13, all of a sudden she begins noticing boys and has to pick out training bras with her mother. Nikki Grimes uses her trademark verse poetry to tell this coming-of-age story (Wendy Lamb Books, 2011) about a young teen who begins to feel like an alien, faces the confusing world of "planet middle school," and tries to …