From an award-winning author comes a funny and honest middle grade
novel following Diva Cleopatra as she tries to adapt to her new home and
school while coming face-to-face with the school's mean girls.
Eleven-year-old Diva is horrified (but not surprised) that her mother's
new dream home is a bright pink castle-like house. But the pink palace
is only the beginning of a series of new humiliations. While acting as a
glitzy mermaid for her Mom's party planning business, Diva is spotted by
some classmates who won't let her live it down. When she works up the
courage to audition for her new school's play, she's cast in a
surprising (and ridiculous) role. But it's when her family throws her a
huge surprise birthday party that things really lurch toward disaster.
How can Diva stay true to her introverted, under-the-radar self in an
in-your-face, over-the-top world?