{"id":6354,"date":"2025-08-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:07:50","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-271-miss-pickerell-meets-mr-hum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-271-miss-pickerell-meets-mr-hum\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 271 \u2013 Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor &amp; Dora Pantell<\/span>. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-271-miss-pickerell-meets-mr-hum\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amelia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amelia-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"9780064441551\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amelia-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amelia-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amelia.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beyond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beyond-137x220.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond Nancy Drew: U.S. Girls\u2019 Series Fiction in the 20th Century, edited by Emily Hamilton-Honey and Luella D\u2019Amico\u00a0\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beyond-137x220.jpg 137w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beyond-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/beyond.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/enigma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/enigma-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/enigma-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/enigma-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/enigma.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780064441551\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Amelia Bedelia<\/em> by Peggy Parish<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781666946673\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Nancy Drew: U.S. Girls\u2019 Series Fiction in the 20th Century<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, edited by Emily Hamilton-Honey and Luella D\u2019Amico\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338749571\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Enigma Girls<\/em> by Candace Fleming<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gwc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gwc-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Friendship Code (Girls Who Code series) by Stacia Deutsch\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gwc-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gwc-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gwc.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harlan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harlan-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison \" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harlan-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harlan-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harlan.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/secret.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/secret-150x211.jpg\" alt=\"Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang &amp; Mike Holmes\" width=\"150\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/secret-150x211.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/secret-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/secret.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780399542510\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Friendship Code<\/em> (Girls Who Code series) by Stacia Deutsch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781454953371\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream&#8221; (short story) by Harlan Ellison<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781626720756\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Secret Coders<\/em> by Gene Luen Yang &amp; Mike Holmes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sideways.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sideways-141x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sideways-141x220.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sideways-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sideways.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wrinkle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wrinkle-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wrinkle-150x220.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wrinkle-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wrinkle.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fast.jpg\" alt=\"Fast and the Furious\" width=\"155\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780380698714\"><em>Sideways Stories from Wayside School<\/em> by Louis Sachar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780312367541\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A Wrinkle in Time<\/em> by Madeleine L&#8217;Engle<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780312367541\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Fast and the Furious<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor &amp; Dora Pantell. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2298,2595,2594,2599,850,2105,2597,1692,2600,666,2596,2593,2601,48,30,2598,1982],"class_list":["post-6354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-candace-fleming","tag-dora-pantell","tag-ellen-macgregor","tag-emily-hamilton-honey","tag-flashback-summer","tag-gene-luen-yang","tag-harlan-ellison","tag-louis-sachar","tag-luella-damico","tag-madeleine-lengle","tag-mike-holmes","tag-miss-pickerell-meets-mr-hum","tag-peggy-parish","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-stacia-deutsch","tag-the-fast-and-the-furious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6363,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6354\/revisions\/6363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}