Fat Hoochie Prom Queen

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

How It All Blew Up

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Diary of a Witness

Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force--Rachel Maddow.

She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project--and actually getting a response--Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out.

Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Brynn's archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. When she runs for the position, the knives are out. So she begins to ask herself: What Would Rachel Maddow Do?

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Fat Hoochie Prom Queen

Nico Medina, 2008

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Carolyn Mackler, 2003

How It All Blew Up

Arvin Ahmadi, 2020

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite, 2019

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Ron Koertge, 2003

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

Jennifer De Leon, Elena Garnu, 2020

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Jennifer L. Holm, Elicia Castaldi, 2006

Diary of a Witness

Catherine Ryan Hyde, 2009