LL: I finally understood what my parents meant by "free."

Last Line: I told him I'd pass him.

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life.

FL: Tell you what. I already know who stuffed this t-shirt into my locker.

FL: Our house on Pemberton Street with the red front door wildflower garden outback window seat just right for reading has a For Sale sign jammed in the front lawn.

LL: We got our three lines of history.

Last Line: A perfect Emma binky.

First Line: I push my way throught the buzzing mob and freeze.

Harper doesn’t trust her new home from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors are that the Raine family’s new house is haunted.

Last Line: Without even saying a word.

Last line: I can almost feel you patting me again, see you beaming, hear you saying, Rukku loves Viji, right back.

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old.

Twelve-year-old Maddie has a quirky sense of humor and loves making her classmates laugh by slapping on fake mustaches every chance she gets.