Fear was my gateway to becoming interested in stories. My nanny growing up, a Scottish expat named Jackie with a fox pelt of red hair and a manic...
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When Phoebe suggests the Walkersville Elementary Butterflies as the name for the soccer team, the others kids think the name is boring and wimpy. That's when Ms. Firzzle whisks the class off to a bog full of butterflies to learn what those flying creatures are really like.
NANCY KRULIK has written more than 150 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is the author of the popular How I Survived Middle School, Katie Kazoo Switcheroo, and George Brown, Class Clown series. Nancy lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Ian and Amanda, and a beagle named Josie.
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