ABOUT THIS BOOK

Harry Sue Clotkin is tough. Her mom's in the slammer and she wants to get there too, as fast as possible, so they can be together. But it's not so easy to become a juvenile delinquent when you've got a tender heart.

Harry Sue's got her hands full caring for the crumb-snatchers who take up her afternoons at the day care center, and spending time with her best friend Homer, a quadriplegic who sees life from a skylight in the roof of his tree house. When Harry Sue finds an unlikely confidante in her new art teacher, her ambitions toward a life of crime are sidelined as she comes to a deeper understanding about her past--and future.

Sue Stauffacher has once again crafted a fast-paced middle-grade novel filled with quirky but lovable characters, a narrator impossible to ignore, a completely original plot, and a whole lot of redemption.


REVIEWS

“Written with humor and heart, this is intricately plotted and full of unlikely but charming coincidences and characters of endearing eccentricity” --Kirkus Review, starred


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sue Stauffacher is a professional journalist and has been writing a children's book review column for ten years. The author lives in Grand Rapids, MI.


AWARDS

WINNER 2006 - ALA Notable Children's Book
WINNER 2005 - Summer Children's Books Sense Picks
WINNER 2006 - Judy Lopez Memorial Award



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