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Accidentally Fooled (Candy Apple)

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I love Candie Apple books. When I got the first two, from a pack, I immediately thought it was going to be boring--I was wrong.
This is the third book of the series and starts off from the last book, when Amy Flowers started having doubts for her crush, Scott Lawton. She starts to warm up to Fiona, her "enemy" from the last two books, and she's starting to develop feelings for Preston, whom she swore is the most annoying guy in the world--while her best friends beg to differ. The book teaches a valuable lesson, if you see it.
The ending if a cliffhanger-- a great twist to end the story. It makes you want to read the forth book of the series.

It's time for Step Out, Allington Academy's annual community service project where every seventh and eleventh grader spends two weeks working for a non-profit organization.

Amy Flowers and her friends are all looking forward to it - with Mitchie, Kiwi, and Jenelle working at the Tranquility Garden, and Amy signed up for the Health On The Move Experience, which travels to different elementary schools to teach about health.

At least, Amy was looking forward to it, until she found out she was in it with annoying Preston and the Queen of Mean, Fiona.

Their supervisor, eleventh grader Anthony, is completely bossy, and Fiona starts off by refusing to do any work. Oddly enough, working with Preston turns out to be one of the best parts of the job, especially when he works with Amy to make "The Healthmobile" lessons a little more interesting. While Amy's friends start bonding over their projects, her own group is floundering, with Fiona fighting them every step of the way. When, after an argument, a surprising experience brings Amy and Fiona together, Amy has to wonder whether Fiona's sudden change of heart is for real...or just another one of her nasty schemes.

I haven't read the first two books in this series, but I had no problem falling right into this story and enjoying the characters. They're quirky and real without being stereotypical, and you can easily sense the history between them.

Reviewed by: Allison Fraclose

Life for a seventh grader sure has its ups and downs. For Amy Flowers, the ups include great girlfriends and a few guy friends, too. The downs are all the messes she gets herself into, and of course, some catty opposition from ultra-rich Fiona and her followers.

The seventh grade community service project is looming, and Amy chooses to volunteer for the elementary school health education program. It doesn't hurt anything that Anthony, the tall, smiling boy leading the group, is serious hotness. Bus as it happens, drop-dead looks don't mean drop-dead niceness, and Anthony looks less and less dreamy the more he criticizes Amy and the other volunteers.

Weaving the ups and downs of relationships, the author is right on target with the voice, awkwardness, embarrassments and concerns of 7th grade girls. Well done.

I really enjoy the Candy Apple books, especially this series.

And in my opinion, Accidentally Fooled is the best so far.

If you've read the rest of the series, don't stop just yet! This is a great book, I REALLY loved it.

And if you haven't started the series yet, you should! Along with the other Candy Apple books!

I really liked this book. I also like the Amy Flowers series, she's the main charecter in the book. I really liked the suspence in it. How Fiona (she's mean to lots of people, including Amy) started being really nice to Amy, and even gave her a phone. So I was happy to get my hands on reserved copy from my library.