Novelist Courtney Sheinmel explores the life of a middle class 7th grade girl who learns that the life she knows has been purchased with someone else’s money.  Carly, a 7th grader at Preston Day School, finds out who her friends are after her mom pleads guilty to embezzlement.

The story line is not filled with drama, but steadily walks through a girl’s life that gets turned upside-down.  This would be a good book for girls who are more serious and who don’t have a perfect life.  This author has also written Sincerely, Positively, and My So-Called Family, all of which will appeal to readers who are working through family problems.

(By Jaime Kenny)