Drat! You Copycat!

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #7

by Nancy E. Krulik, John & Wendy (Illustrator)

Becky is the new girl in class 3A, and she's a great big copycat! She's trying to be just like Katie's best friend Suzanne. She follows Suzanne around, dresses like her, and steals Suzanne's class report topic. Suzanne can't stand Becky! Then, the magic wind turns Katie into Becky. Will Suzanne change her mind about the new girl? Will Katie turn back into herself without causing too much trouble?

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Contemporary, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Emon]

All I have to say is I LOVE KATIE KAZOO and Nancy

[Cassie Crowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book.It shows how when someone is copying you it is very confusing because you don’t know if it is to spite you or because they want to be like you.The only thing I don’t like is how conceded Suzanne is.I was pretty good though.🌪

[Tyler Replogle · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 6 year old said “It was cool it was fun and you might like because it’s really really fun.” She liked the part when they became friends because “they can be friends forever”.

[Jackie Chevalier · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Katie Kazoo books! She is so nice

[Kelsie Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

* 3.5 stars *

This one was decent but not my fave in the series. Still cute though

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

To absolute no surprise, this was the first book of the series I read despite it being the 7th, and this is due entirely to my refusal to read summaries.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

[Elle B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drat you Copy-Cat is a fun book from the Katie Kazoo series, about a girl named Katie (or what her friends call her Katie Kazoo) and her friends.

In this book there is a new girl, Becky, from Atlanta. Katie decided to open up and let her in as her friend (because Katie does not like anyone to feel lonely), but Becky on the other hand totally rejects Katie's kindness, and runs over to Suzzane (one of Katie's best friends) and tried to become her best friend.

Becky started liking everything that Suzzane did, so she did them too. She bought the same clothes, she ate the same food, she even tried to do the same research project as Suzzane, and Suzzane hated it.

Everything had flipped! Katie was jealous of Suzzane taking her new friend, and Suzzane was no longer the most unique one in school. Katie was fed up, she needed to talk to Becky, and she did.

Becky realized that all she needed to do was to be herself to become friends with people. Be yourself, and things will come your way.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

when becky starts copying suzzane.suzzane starts to get mad and becky copied her on a project so suzzane couldn't pick cleopatra her favorite god.and when katie turns into becky when its her turn her whole class laughs at katie who is becky and when katie turns back to normal she feels bad for becky.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Katie turns into the new girl at school and finds out why she's trying so hard to copy everything that Suzanne does. It's up to Katie to save the day before an all out war erupts!

A fun book to pass the time. I like Katie - she's so good-hearted!

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

peolpe copy you not to annoy you, but becausemthey think your cool.

[vampire (dipita) grul · Rating 4 out of 5]

who does she turn into now??

[Miki]

good

[Sammyc]

nice

[Trisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

another audio book that was perfect for the 6 year old without totally boring the 12 year old. Just a good, fun read!

[Brooke · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't think we will be picking this group to read more of. It was quite boring to some of us. The one character, Suzanne, drove me crazy because she is so full if herself.

[Occhiiki]

One of the books I grew up with. Every after dismissal, I always go to the school library in hope that I would find a new book of the Katie Kazoo series.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that even though you want to fit in, it doesn't mean you have to copy someone.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny like the others

[Blossom]

This Book is amazing and it should have more pages though i wanna know what happened at the mall and stuff

[Dayanara · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good book because it told us the situation they were in but then there was a solution

[Tobreth Hansen]

Read to the girls. They liked it. We have three or four. I went ahead and ordered a few on paperbackswap.com but there are tons. I don't think we'll get them all.

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

realy raelly good own

[Jenny]

This book was funny, katie were the same clothes as her friend and the they got mad at each other