Halverson, Deborah

Blamed for ruining her town by burning down a factory ten years earlier, sixteen-year-old Monalisa Kent decides to take charge of her life but is unprepared for the revelations and revolution that follow.

Fourteen-year-old Sherman Thuff, a student at the tomato-obsessed Del Heiny Junior High, has his hopes set on being a competitive eater, but when his training regimen begins to seriously interfere with his enjoyment of life and he even starts losing his friends, he decides he should rearrange his priorities.