Girls Don't Have Cooties

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #4

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

Katie has plans to go to Suzanne's all-girl sleepover party, but Jeremy wants her to ride the hot new rollercoaster. Annoyed, Jeremy and the other boys from Class 3A decide that all girls have cooties. When Katie finds herself in Jeremy's shoes-literally-she tries to reunite the boys and girls. Will Katie's plan work? Or will it just be one big mess?

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Contemporary, Chapter Books, Juvenile, Audiobook

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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

[Susan]

This book talks about how Katie Kazoo is in 3rd grade and the boys and girls separate into 2 and she does not know which side she should go on because her best friends are both a girl and a boy. She struggles between the both of them. This book is really interesting and it shows how one person can struggle between 2 people and there are times where you have to make a decision. I would recommend this to everyone.

[Jeremiah Garraway]

I readout to lunch and then I love the Katie kazoo book😄

[Julie Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun and easy to read! It's just another fun book in the series!

[Kelsie Christensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember this one being my favorite in the series as a kid so I was excited to read it again. So far it’s still my favorite! Super great message and interesting switcheroo.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Where the actual hell did the concept of cooties even come from anyway.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Girl's Don't Have Cooties Katie gets invited to Suzanne's slumber party which is for girls only. Jeremy invites Katie to go to the amusement park with him and ride the new roller coaster. Katie feels conflicted and admits that Suzanne is having a girls only party. The boys at school get upset and state that girls have cooties. The boys start a boys only club. Tensions are high in this 3rd grade class.

Katie then finds herself switching again, this time she ends up as Jeremy. She tries to smooth things over with the boys, only making it worse! How is Katie going to fix this mess?

This is a cute, fun series, nothing that I would call spectacular, but there tends to be a good lesson in each story as Katie finds herself seeing things from another perspective.

[Baljit Hayer]

Well Katie's best friend Jermey and other boys from katie's class have decided tat girls have cooties! But when katie finds herself in Jermeys shoes -literally- she tries to put everything back together as it was before. katie makes jeremey turn into a girl lover. then all the boys don't want to play with jeremy anymore. when he turns back to normal he has himself in a big mess. read the book to find out what happens next!

[Abbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, I didn't like how Jeremy said that girls have cooties because they don't!! I like how they have pretend cootie spray. There were lots of funny things like this in the book. In the end, they get along with the club and you'll have to read the book to see how it turns out.

[Nancy Jo Lambert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just randomly picked one of these to read because the kids love these books and I needed to know why. They are short, filled with voice, and altogether fun. I can easily recommend them to 2nd graders transitioning to chapter books.

[Jenny]

In this book, katie went in to a boy body and the boy went in to katie body. It was funny.

[Lexi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome! I love katie kazoo books

[Katy · Rating 4 out of 5]

it doesn't mater if your friends are boys or girls, their your friends!

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because it is very fun how all the people have fights. Girls don't really have cooties.

[Maddie hillis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hope this book is funny!

[Mykayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that this is an easy but funny fun reading book

[Cassie · Rating 1 out of 5]

ok

[vampire (dipita) grul]

its where she annd her friends have a fit. than katie switchs into her friend and now she wants thing to be fixed.

[Gaby]

this book helped me learn that we shouldnt turn on eachother just because one of us is a girl and the other is a boy oh and to not take out cootie spray haha lol!

[Miki]

good

[Hattie · Rating 1 out of 5]

stupid

[Karina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute read, got this book in elementary

[Samantha Parke]

It's funny and cool

[Maggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

GIRLS DON'T HAVE COOTIES!

[Miki · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Eliott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book taught that girls and boys can be friends no matter what.