The Slightly True Story Of Cedar B. Hartley

A wonderfully human and humane debut from the Australian Kate DiCamillo

Cedar B. Hartley is exasperating and potentially infamous.
She steps on cracks. She plans to live an unusual life. She is the winner of her school's Bat Pole Championship (which she made up). She misses her brother Barnaby, who ran away, and who sends her postcards from all over. And she's definitely a hopeless winker.
But Cedar B. Hartley has potential. She knows the long distance between an idea and the real thing. And she has a green thumb for people -- which will come in handy as she discovers truths about her friends, her family, and her life.