Description: Twelve-year-old Easter Ann Peters' plan to make her seventh-grade year awesome is derailed as she copes with her mother's alcoholism in their tiny lakeside town. ."..poignantly deals with parental alcoholism...belongs on the shelf of every school counselor in America."--Betty Ford Institute.
Review Quotes:
2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year, juvenile fiction
"Jody Lamb nails the seventh-grade mentality in her funny, loving ode to an outcast...irresistible heroine..." - ForeWord Reviews
"This is a solid choice for its realistic portrayal of middle school and a child's struggle with an alcoholic parent." - School Library Journal
"A message of hope...a very powerful read." - Jerry Moe, Director, Children's Programs, Betty Ford Center
"...belongs on the shelf of every school counselor in America." - Betty Ford Institute