Meanwhile, Walker Jones, one of only three black kids at an expensive private school and the son of single mother Sylvia, does his best to get good grades. Kirsten McKenna’s life is falling apart: her parents are fighting for no discernable reason, her best friend, Rory, has abandoned her for the popular mean girl, Brianna, and she has gained thirty pounds in the last six months. Customers who bought this item also bought.If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period (2007) is a juvenile fiction book by Newbery Award-winning author Gennifer Choldenko. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two children.
She previously worked at an advertising agency, and has written picture books as well. She graduated from Brandeis University and attended the Rhode Island School of Design.
GENNIFER CHOLDENKO is the author of Newbery Honor book Al Capone Does My Shirts, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list for six months, an ALA BBYA, an ALA Notable book, and received the Sid Fleischman Humor, in addition to other kudos. But all of this feels almost trivial when Kirsten and Walker discover a secret that shakes them both to the core.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Choldenko, Gennifer:. So is his friend Matteo, though no one knows why he'll do absolutely anything that hot blond Brianna asks of him. Walker's goal is to survive at the new white private school his mom has sent him to because she thinks he's going to screw up like his cousin. It seems like only Kirsten's younger science-geek sister is on her side. Kirsten's parents are barely speaking to each other, and her best friend has fallen under the spell of the school's queen bee, Brianna. Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 Juvenile Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age Contributor(s): Choldenko, Gennifer (Author)īinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: From the Newbery Honor-winning and "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Al Capone Does My Shirts" comes a fast-paced, provocative, funny book about two kids with an unlikely connection, who discover a secret that shakes them both to the core.
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