Thirteen-year-old Tree Taylor has two goals for the summer of '63:
1. Experience her first real kiss. A kiss delivered by a boy. A boy who is not related to her. A kiss worth writing about.
2. Become a famous writer. (Or, at least, write an investigative article that will land her the freshman spot on the Blue and Gold staff.)
So when a gunshot is fired right across the street, Tree knows...
DANDI DALEY MACKALL has written many books for children and adults. She has held a humorist column and served as freelance editor, has hosted over 200 radio phone-in programs, and has made dozens of appearances on TV. She conducts writing assemblies and workshops across the U.S. and keynotes at conferences and young author events. Her YA novel with Knopf, The Silence of Murder, won an Edgar Award. Dandi...
Gr 5–8—It's 1963 and Tree Taylor has two goals for the summer before her freshman year of high school: to write an article that will earn her a spot on the school newspaper and to have her first kiss. When a shooting takes place in the 13-year-old's sleepy Missouri town, she sees it as an opportunity to showcase her journalism skills. As Tree begins to investigate the...
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