Pollet, Alison

Life in New York in the 1980s is made more difficult for a middle school girl by problems at home and at school.

Penelope Schwartzbaum, starting the seventh grade at New York's Elston Prep, struggles with school and life when her best friend Stacy joins a snobby clique of girls and her parents always fight.

Life in New York in the 1980s is made more difficult for a middle school girl by problems at home and at school.

When Cass Levin, an orphaned eighth-grader at Elston Prep in New York City, begins a frienship with Rod Punkin, her world begins to change.

When Cass Levin, an orphaned eighth-grader at Elston Prep in New York City, begins a friendship with Rod Punkin, her world begins to change.