From a debut author comes a heart-warming novel about a unique girl and her seventhgrade experiences.
Emma-Jean Lazarus is the smartest and strangest girl at William Gladstone Middle School. Her classmates donÂ’t understand her, but thatÂ’s okay because Emma-Jean doesnÂ’t quite get them either. But one afternoon, all that changes when she sees Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girlÂ’s room. It is through Colleen that Emma-Jean gets a glimpse into what it is really like to be a seventh grader. And what she finds will send her tumbling out of a tree and questioning why she ever got involved in the first place.

From a debut author comes a heart-warming novel about a unique girl and her seventhgrade experiences.
Emma-Jean Lazarus is the smartest and strangest girl at William Gladstone Middle School. Her classmates donÂ’t understand her, but thatÂ’s okay because Emma-Jean doesnÂ’t quite get them either. But one afternoon, all that changes when she sees Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girlÂ’s room. It is through Colleen that Emma-Jean gets a glimpse into what it is really like to be a seventh grader. And what she finds will send her tumbling out of a tree and questioning why she ever got involved in the first place.