THE TRUTH ABOUT 5TH GRADE

A hilarious, highly illustrated he said-she from the beloved author of the Marty Pants series and award-winning cartoonist, Mark Parisi, and critically acclaimed author of The 11:11 Wish, Kim Tomsic.

Battle Bunny meets Invisible Emmie when Alex Andropov just "happens" to find Charlotte Ford's diary in order to find out why his former best friend is no longer talking to him, but when he takes it upon himself to correct the record, that's when he learns there's always two side to the truth (especially in fifth grade).

DUAL POVS
Charli and Alex's he-said she-said narrative makes for hilarious misunderstandings that are widely appealing - and also a great book for reluctant young boy and girl readers.

FUNNY AND HEARTWARMING
The book balances its terrific humor with a moving story about friendship during the awkwardness of adolescence and first crushes.

Kim Tomsic has been the new girl at eight different schools, where she earned a variety of conflicting labels: the dork, the cool kid; the pretty girl, the ugly girl; the smart kid, the normal kid; the worst at sports, decent at sports; and the shy girl, the talker. She kept one label: the talker. The 11:11 Wish is her first middle grade novel and is followed by The 12th Candle. Visit her at: www.kimscritiquingcorner.blogspot.com.

Mark Parisi is the award-winning cartoonist of the long-running newspaper comic panel Off the Mark. Parisi has won Best Newspaper Panel Comic from the National Cartoonists Society 4 times, and Best Greeting Cards once. More recently Parisi authored and illustrated the HarperCollins middle-grade book series, Marty Pants. Visit Mark at www.offthemark.com.