What happens when everything you thought was true about your life turns out to be a lie? Thirteen-year-old T. J. always believed that her twin sister and her mother were dead—because that’s what her father had told her. But Mom
The Truth About Truman School
They just wanted to tell the truth. When Zebby and Amr create the website thetruthabouttruman.com, they want it to be honest. They want it to be about the real Truman Middle School, to say things that the school newspaper would
Tank Talbott’s Guide to Girls
Tank’s summer is not shaping up the way he’d hoped. It’s bad enough that his three stepsisters will be sharing his cramped house for the summer vacation. Then he finds out that he has to work with a math tutor
Do You Know the Monkey Man
Samantha’s quest to answer her questions about her past sets in motion a chain of events that will change her life forever. For thirteen-year-old Samantha, life consists of too many unanswered questions. Why has her father not tried to contact
Alexandra Hopewell, Labor Coach
By the time Alex Hopewell breaks her third egg in her fifth grade class’s Family Life Unit she’s earned the nickname “Alex Hopeless.” Since Mrs. Ryder won’t trust her with an egg, she has to write a report about child
Trading Places with Tank Talbott
All Jason Pfeiffer wants to do is finish his horror-movie script about his sister, but lately his life is full of horrors! His parents are making him take swimming lessons at the recreation center—and there’s nothing that Jason hates more
Sliding Into Home
An adolescent girl learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart. It’s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it,