Access Denied (and other eighth grade error messages)

By Denise Vega

Book Overview

Computer whiz Erin Swift is ready to start eighth grade. The Year of Humiliating Events (aka, seventh grade) is behind her and she's ready to rule the school. But eight grade comes with its own set of problems for Erin to navigate, including her first boyfriend, her first break-up, and the fact that her mom has been treating her more like an eight year old than an eighth grader. Even worse, there's a new girl at Molly Brown Middle School who is determined to remake Erin in her bad-girl image, and former crush Mark "Cute Boy" Sacks has been acting strange lately. But as Erin 's school year once against hurdles toward disaster, a personal tragedy forces her to realize that things, and people, aren't always as bad as they seem. Can she save what's left of eighth grade before it's too late?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316034487
• ISBN13: 9780316034487
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Enchanting Review: Access Denied

ACCESS DENIED (and other eighth grade error messages) DENISE VEGA Contemporary YA Rating: 5 Enchantments Erin P Swift is a 13 year old, who survived her seventh grade year of embarrassing events and is now starting eighth grade. She is into sports like basketball and hockey, IM, building websites in computer club, and blogging. She wants a little more freedom from the restrictions her mother has had in place since...

Liked it

Access Denied is the second book in the series, but fortunately, you do not have to have read the first book to get up to speed. Eric Swift had a rough school year, I mean how would you feel if everyone got to read your private blog - I mean, everyone at your high school (and probably other high schools as well). Well, this year she is determined to have "the" best year. She is surrounded by her friends, her cute and...

Modern middle school mayhem

Readers may remember Erin Penelope Swift from"Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade". Or as Erin refers to it - YOHE (Year of Humiliating Events). As eighth grade approaches, Erin vows to stop embarrassing herself and put an end to the humiliation 4-ever. But with an over-protective mom breathing down her neck who refuses to let her go to rock concerts and is the self-appointed movie police, Erin's resolve...

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Erin Swift is sure that the eighth grade will be a far better experience than her last school year. In seventh grade - the Year of Humiliating Events (or YOHE as she likes to refer to it) - Erin's private blog became a very public one. Everyone at Molly Brown Middle School (and most of the high school students) read every humiliating detail. This year will be different. After all, if she survived her YOHE, she can survive...

Middle School Meltdowns

This was a really cute book to read. I'm always a bit wary of when adults try to talk in a teen's voice and computers are involved. For some reason, no matter how good the rest of the story is, the computer lingo always seems to be either dated or just plain off. It seems that a lot of adults have no idea how teens really act on the computer. Luckily this book had research done as teen web speak is done pitch perfect throughout...