Eleven year old Gregory is the middle child in a family who loves math.  His father and older brother have won City Math competitions.  His mother is an accountant and his younger sister is also quite accomplished in math.  Gregory hates it, doesn’t understand it, and can’t seem to tell his parents the truth.  What he loves is writing poetry.  He is failing math, but his teacher has given him an opportunity to earn extra credit by journaling about math.  Gregory has hopes of going to Author Camp with his best friend Kelly.  He lies to her about telling his parents.  He lies to his parents about signing up for the City Math Competition.  He lies to himself thinking it will all work out.  Along the way, he learns about Fibonacci and how math “rules” impact poetry and science.  Gregory finally discovers a way to help him deal with math while doing the writing he loves.  Before, he was casual, at best, when completing assignments.  With new direction, he finds purpose and passion in his work.  Pincus has blended a love for math and a love for writing in a story that encourages respect for the different perspectives of both.  The “Fibs” are short, six line poems following the Fibonacci sequence – 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and are also the chapter headings.