Deep Down Popular — Phoebe Stone

6th-grade soccer star Conrad Parker Smith is the most popular boy in his small town, a true Southern heartbreaker. Jessie Lou Ferguson is the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch every day, a sorry Southern tomboy. Conrad doesn't think about Jessie Lou, but Jessie Lou thinks about Conrad -- every minute of every day.

Then Conrad hurts his leg, and Jessie Lou is assigned to help him home after school. Conrad can't quite keep up with his old friends, so he and Jessie Lou start hanging out more and more. But will someone as deep down popular as Conrad ever be true friends with a prickly pear like Jessie Lou -- or is she heading for some serious heartbreak?

Deep Down Popular is a book as funny and achingly delicious as first love itself.