From Bad to Worse

Bad Girls #5

by Cynthia Voigt

Mikey and Margalo: Bad girls. Best friends. Big trouble...Mikey Elsinger isn't the romantic type. She thinks that most boys are just brainless meatheads. Girls who like brainless meatheads are too weird for words. Margalo Epps likes to admire boys from afar. Maybe a movie star, or even (don't tell anyone!) a teacher. But most of the boys at school stink (some of them literally). Enter Shawn Macavity. Technically, he's a brainless meathead. But he's gorgeous. Really, really gorgeous. Thwack. Cupid's arrow strikes its target. The world has changed for ever. Mikey is in LURRRVE. And Margalo is NOT impressed...The fourth funny, touching book about bad girls Mikey and Margalo

224 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

Cynthia Voigt is an American author of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse.


Awards:
Angus and Sadie: the Sequoyah Book Award (given by readers in Oklahoma), 2008
The Katahdin Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003
The Anne V. Zarrow Award, for lifetime achievement, 2003
The Margaret Edwards Award, for a body of work, 1995
Jackaroo: Rattenfanger-Literatur Preis (ratcatcher prize, awarded by the town of Hamlin in Germany), 1990
Izzy, Willy-Nilly: the Young Reader Award (California), 1990
The Runner: Deutscher Jungenliteraturpreis (German young people's literature prize), 1988
Zilverengriffel (Silver Pen, a Dutch prize), 1988
Come a Stranger: the Judy Lopez Medal (given by readers in California), 1987
A Solitary Blue: a Newbery Honor Book, 1984
The Callender Papers: The Edgar (given by the Mystery Writers of America), 1984
Dicey's Song: the Newbery Medal, 1983

Reviews

[Mariam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Love the non-happy endings