In this heartwarming and hilarious reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a secret potion accidentally turns eager-to-please eighth grader Jaclyn into Jackie, a goblin-like monster whoâll do anything to win at everything she doesâno matter how much chaos she creates along the way.
Jaclyn Hyde is almost perfect. Whether sheâs baking cookies for her classmates, building a replica Mt. Vesuvius for the science fair, or practicing her lines for Fog Island: The Musical, she almost never makes mistakes.
But when she discovers the last batch of perfection potion in an abandoned laboratory, Jaclyn decides that being almost perfect isnât perfect enough anymore.
But instead she finds out that trying to be perfectly perfect isnât all itâs cracked up to be. In fact, itâs downright horrifying. The potion turns Jaclyn into Jackie, a goblin-like monster whoâll do anything to make sure Jaclyn comes out on top.
Suddenly, sheâs wreaking havoc on the school play, stealing someone elseâs brownies to pass off as her own, and even destroying someoneâs painting to get herself crowned âArtist of the Week.â And thatâs just the beginning. Jackie will stop at nothing to make sure everyone knows just how perfect Jaclyn really is.
So now, if Jaclyn wants to save her school, her friends, and herself from her perfectly horrifying alter-ego, sheâs going to have to screw up her courage and risk it allâeven if that means admitting that she never was as perfect as she seemed.
Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White, the authors of Time Tracers and the Shivers series, bring their signature wit and humor to this thrilling new take on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeâjust right for anyone whoâs ever wished to be more perfect.