Elfie Unperfect cover art

Elfie Unperfect

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Elfie Unperfect

By: Kristin Mahoney
Narrated by: Tara Sands
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Perfectionist Elfie Oster learns the value of "unperfection," in this funny look at middle school life from the author of Annie's Life in Lists

Elfie Oster was sure that Hampshire Academy was going to be the perfect school for her. She was sure about it right up to the minute she got expelled. On her first day.

It was all a terrible misunderstanding, but until she can find a way to fix things, Elfie has to go back to Cottonwood Elementary for fifth grade. Where she's never really fit in. Or had friends. It is not a perfect situation. And then it gets worse. Her babysitter gets really sick. Her aunt and uncle aren't speaking. She's forced to do a group project involving an egg. . . .

But sometimes when everything goes spectacularly wrong, you figure out what truly matters--and what doesn't. So really, this terrible, horrible, surprisingly hilarious year may just be the best thing that's ever happened to Elfie.
Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Friendship Funny Witty

Listeners also enjoyed...

Different Kinds of Fruit cover art
Operation Frog Effect cover art
Finding Home cover art
Kristy's Great Idea cover art
Friendship List #1: 11 Before 12 cover art
The Complete Rulebook Series cover art
Keep It Together, Keiko Carter cover art
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet cover art
Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero cover art
When the World Didn't End cover art
The Report Card cover art
The Kindness Club cover art
Hacking the Code cover art
Twintuition: Double Vision cover art
Holly and the Framed Friend cover art
The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss cover art

Critic reviews

"Just the right mix of gentle humor, unconditional love, and Elfie’s own compelling brand of heart." Kirkus Reviews

"Mahoney leaves her star with a new resilience and friendships to help her meet [uncertainties] head-on." —Bulletin

"The many vivid characters and Elfie’s spot-on conversations with both kids and adults will draw readers into her involving story of turmoil, discovery, and change." —Booklist

"A sure pick for booksmart readers who might need a boost making friends, and an excellent candidate for illustrating social-emotional learning skills." — School Library Journal
No reviews yet