Diana Harmon Asher
1) Sidetracked
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody"--
2) Upstaged
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Painfully shy seventh-grader Shira Gordon is cast in a small role in The Music Man and also as understudy for the lead, played by diva Monica Manley, who becomes the victim of a prankster.