Seventh grade. These students know the lay of the land, but remain susceptible to the whims of each other and everyone else. They dwell in the fuzzy shallows somewhere between childhood and teenage existence. Follow twelve compelling seventh graders on the first day of school and experience their emotions and uncertainty as they hand off the story reins one by one. While rumors of a fight at the nearby high school circulate and grow more audacious with each retelling, you meet each of the main characters, learning their insecurities and real-life struggles. Share the burden as they divulge their painful secrets. Experience the wonder of young love and first kisses. Commiserate with the horrors of puberty and unrequited crushes, while managing overprotective parents, bad timing, and social anxiety. Discover their hopes and dreams, as well as the poisonous doubts and secrets that eat away at their fragile confidence. Contains passages relating to LGBT identity, menstruation, racism, and alcoholism. Recommended for mature readers in fifth through eighth grade, as well as their parents and teachers.