The Popularity Papers (Book 2)

Overview

The Popularity Papers book two, The Long-Distance Dispatch, continues Amy Ignatow's notebook series after the first book establishes Lydia and Julie's popularity project. This member record is intentionally restrained. Abrams supplies the book-two title, ebook metadata, series order, and long-distance friendship premise, while the LGBTQ-family evidence remains shared series context from CCBC, the Guardian, the local catalog, and challenge records. The collection value is therefore not a separate book-two LGBTQ claim. It is the presence of book two in a partial run that lets the collection show how a mainstream illustrated middle-grade series carried Julie Graham-Chang's family context across multiple volumes while changing plot situations.^{[1][3][8][11]}

Series Member Record

Book two belongs to a partial run in the collection, not to a standalone evidence trail. Abrams records the second volume and its ebook publication data, while the local catalog links it to books one, three, four, and six. That structure is the main curatorial point. The item helps show continuity: a series with a two-dad family context remained in the collection across volumes, but the source base does not make book two an independent LGBTQ-family case study.^[1][3][8]

Long-Distance Friendship Plot

The item-specific evidence for book two is its long-distance premise. Abrams frames the volume around Lydia and Julie's friendship as they are separated between London and American junior high. That plot changes the series problem from studying popularity together to maintaining connection across distance. It also gives the notebook form a practical reason to continue: dispatches, notes, and drawings become the way the friends remain in contact. This is a bibliographic and formal difference, not a new family-representation claim.^[3][15]

Shared Family Context

The same caution applies to Julie's two fathers. CCBC, the Guardian, Marshall, and the local catalog support the claim that Julie's two-dad household is part of the Popularity Papers world. Those sources do not say that book two centers the fathers or develops a separate two-dad plot. The collection record is stronger when it states the relation plainly: book two is a member of a series where that family context is already established and publicly legible.^{[8][11][10][1]}

Notebook Continuity

The second volume keeps the illustrated notebook method that makes the series distinctive. CCBC's book-one review and Abrams' descriptions support the broader form: alternating voices, drawings, handwritten effects, and a social world assembled through child-authored pages. In book two, the long-distance premise gives that form a different use. The pages are not only a popularity archive; they are a means of maintaining friendship. That continuity helps explain why the collection's run matters more than any single volume.^[8][2][3]

Timeline

1. 2010Book one publicationCCBC and Open Library preserve the first volume's 2010 publication trail.^[8][14]
2. 2011Book two memberThe local catalog dates the second volume to 2011, while Abrams records its ebook trail.^[1][3]
3. 2011-01-15Rainbow Book ListThe first volume appeared on the 2011 Rainbow Book List.^[9]
4. 2011-12-01Book two ebook recordAbrams dates the book-two ebook record to December 1, 2011.^[3]
5. 2011/2013Book three edition trailThe local record dates book three to 2011, while Abrams records a later paperback date.^[1][4]
6. 2012-04-01Book four ebook recordAbrams dates the book-four ebook record to April 1, 2012.^[5]
7. 2013-10-08Book six recordAbrams records the book-six ebook publication trail in 2013.^[7]
8. 2013/2014Prosser challengesMarshall University records challenges to the series in Prosser, Washington elementary libraries.^[10]

Popularity Papers In The Collection

The local collection holds a partial run of the seven-book series.

Citation

The Popularity Papers (Book 2). Amy Ignatow. Amulet Books / Abrams, 2011. Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children's Book Special Collection, Mechanics' Institute. Collection ID: KB-194.

Sources

Cover image from Open Library.

1. Local collection catalog record for The Popularity Papers (Book 2) · catalog
2. Abrams record for The Popularity Papers book one · publisher
3. Abrams record for The Popularity Papers book two · publisher
4. Abrams record for The Popularity Papers book three · publisher
5. Abrams ebook record for The Popularity Papers book four · publisher
6. Abrams paperback record for The Popularity Papers book four · publisher
7. Abrams record for The Popularity Papers book six · publisher
8. CCBC recommendation for The Popularity Papers · review
9. ALA Rainbow Book List archive for The Popularity Papers · award_list
10. Marshall University Banned Books entry for The Popularity Papers · access_history
11. Guardian list naming The Popularity Papers · review_list
12. Common Sense Media review of The Popularity Papers · review
13. Google Books record for The Popularity Papers book four · library
14. Open Library ISBN metadata for The Popularity Papers book one · library
15. Open Library ISBN metadata for The Popularity Papers book two · library
16. Open Library ISBN metadata for The Popularity Papers book three · library
17. Open Library ISBN metadata for The Popularity Papers book four · library
18. Apple Books record for The Popularity Papers book one · bookseller
19. Corus press release for The Popularity Papers television series · media
20. IMDb record for The Popularity Papers television adaptation · media
21. Abrams author page for Amy Ignatow · creator
22. Open Library cover image for this Popularity Papers volume · image