Stephanie wants a ponytail. And all the kids say "Ugly, ugly", but the next day they copy her style. And she keeps coming up with more and more exotic places for her ponytails and getting more and more frustrated with the annoying hypocrites in her school, until she finally announces she's Shaving her HEAD.

She doesn't, they do. LOL. Great shot at the end of the entire shaven school, teachers and principal and students and all (and birds, and cats, and dogs with their heads shaved!) chasing Stephanie with her one ponytail right in the back of her head. It's ridiculous, it's absurd, it doesn't pretend to have any more meaning than that "Copycats are annoying" - you have to love it. ( )

This is a wonderful story portraying the horrors of young students' lives when they feel they must fit-in and be the same as their friends to be "cool." One individual stands out in this book for being different and dupes the whole school for trying to take her ideas from her. This is a great book to discuss consequences of "following the crowd" and the benefits of being different. The author's website is www.robertmunsch.com/ ( )

Stephanie decides she wants to wear a ponytail because no one else in her class does. The next day all of the girls in her class have a ponytail, and Stephanie is furious. She changes her ponytail to the side, to the front, and all other imaginable places and the class still copies! Her final try at being an individual comes when she tells her class that tomorrow she's shaving her head. The next day her class is all bald, and Stephanie is not!

500L,GRL L,3 copies

500L,GRL L,3 copies