Deep, Down, Popular is a story about the relationship between two entirely different people. Conrad Parker Smith is a 6th-grade soccer star and is the most popular kid in school. Jessie Lou Ferguson
is a loner and she’s just a Southern tomboy. Just how did they meet? They met because of Conrad’s broken leg and that’s when everything started. Because of his injury, Conrad’s popularity is going down and he’s spending more time with Jessie. Thinking her life is now better, Jessie falls more in love with Parker. But after all they did together, can they really be true friends? When deciding who’s going to be his date for the ball, will Conrad pick a popular girl or will he pick Jessie, his so-called best friend? Were they really friends at all? Deep, Down, Popular is more of a book for people who are independent and most of the time by themselves. Though I’m not like that, I read this book in just 20 minutes. 280 pages in 20 minutes! I learned a lesson from this book and I hope to use it one day.
-Kelly H.
In the beginning of the book Conrad and Jessie were not close friends because Conrad was very popular and Jessie was not. After Conrad had to get a leg brace nobody liked him anymore because they thought he was ugly with his leg brace. The teacher asked Jessie to walk Conrad home everyday with his bicycle because of his leg. They started to become closer friends and started to hang out together more often. Later in the story Jessie and Conrad started to hang out with Quentin (a fourth-grader). All three of them then became best buds. At the end of the book something unexpected happens to Conrad. I don’t want to tell you what happens you will just have to find out by reading the book. My favorite part of the book is when Jessie gets surprised at the end of the book. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10 because it was an interesting adventure about Jessie’s and Conrad’s 6th grade year. I would recommend it for girls and maybe not so much for boys. I think after reading the book you learn that you are who you are and you are very unique. This is a realistic fiction book. I recommend that you read Deep Down Popular by Phoebe Stone. This book was FABULOUS!!!!!!!!! I hope you think the book is FABULOUS too.
Claire P.