Synopses & Reviews
This is a true story about three best friends who will no doubt become my three sworn enemies when they find out that I'm writing this, says our mystery narrator at the beginning of Amy Koss's latest novel of middle-school fun and torment. Abby has always had a crush on Zack, and her best friends Bess and Cristy have always known it. So how could Bess possibly think it's okay to go out with Zack herself?! And whose side is Cristy on anyway? From the moment Bess utters the traitorous Zack's cute! to the day Abby seeks a surprising revenge and beyond, our outspoken narrator (who won't reveal her identity until the final page) is there to share her particular front-row view of the mess. She even throws in some tasty tidbits about the love lives of the girls' divorced moms. It's laugh-out-loud funny, it's candid, and it's universal--as all of Amy Koss's novels are. That's why they so often appear on best-of-the-year lists, including ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Quick Picks, IRA Young Adult Choices, and IRA Teacher's Choices.
Review
"An excellent springboard to provocative discussion or debate about the moral and ethical questions that this issue raises."—
School Library Journal
Synopsis
Cheating on a geography midterm is only the beginning. It seemed simple enough&150they were given the answers from last year's test and they used them. But Sarah and her friends got caught, and what was done without much thought leads to greater and greater consequences. Now they are facing punishment at school, tension at home, and no one is sure how or when it will end.
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Award-winning author Amy Goldman Koss exploreswhat happens when one bad decision threatens to destroy everything. Cheating on a geography midterm is only the beginning. It seemed simple enough they were given the answers from last year's test and they used them. But Sarah and her friends got caught, and what was done without much thought leads to greater and greater consequences. Now they are facing punishment at school, tension at home, and no one is sure how or when it will end.
"An excellent springboard to provocative discussion or debate about the moral and ethical questions that this issue raises." School Library Journal"
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Cheating on the geography midterm is just the beginning. What was done without much thought leads to consequences great and greater--as we discover from six talkative eighth graders who are willing to share every juicy detail. Told in the irresistible multi-voice style of the acclaimed novel The Girls, this fast-paced look at middle school's minefields is full of truth, humor, and heart. Amy Goldman Koss' novels have been on numerous best-of-the-year lists, including ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Quick Picks, IRA Young Adult Choices, IRA Teacher's Choices, and School Library Journal Best Books of the Year. Amy Koss lives in Glendale, California.
Synopsis
Six students narrate this tale about middle school.
Synopsis
Cheating on a geography midterm is only the beginning. It seemed simple enoughand150they were given the answers from last year's test and they used them. But Sarah and her friends got caught, and what was done without much thought leads to greater and greater consequences. Now they are facing punishment at school, tension at home, and no one is sure how or when it will end.