“[A] PITCH PERFECT ODE TO FRIENDSHIP.” - GOOD MORNING AMERICA

AMAZON EDITORS PICK FOR BEST BOOKS AGES 9-12

An artist without a place to draw. An ice skater without a rink. Two misfit girls become unlikely friends over the course of an unusual week.

Izzy’s best friend is pulling away from her to become best friends with the Queen of Mean. Then her parents move the whole family into the garage apartment for the week so they can rent their house to make some extra money. And the family who rents it has a girl her age, who will be sleeping in her room and going to camp at her school during winter break.

Wren never wants to get off the ice—not until she’s ready to nail her figure skating routine at sectionals. But then her little sister qualifies for a life-changing surgery at a hospital hours away. So her parents rent a house near the hospital and say the whole family has to stay for a week. Then they send her to camp at a school where she doesn’t know anyone and the mean girls have it in for her.

Izzy and Wren didn’t think things could get any worse. But, in the end, they might be exactly what the other needs.

RECIPIENT OF A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD GOLD STANDARD AWARD!

“A SMART AND EMOTIONALLY HONEST BOOK THAT LAYS BARE THE COMPLEXITIES OF GROWING UP.” - STARRED REVIEW FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL!

“KEENLY ILLUSTRATES THE AGONIES AND INTRICACIES OF TWEEN FRIENDSHIP, AS WELL AS THE FAMILIAL CHALLENGES OF BEING 12.” - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“A PLEASURABLE BALANCE OF ORIGINAL AND SATISFYING.” - KIRKUS