When you move somewhere new, you get to be someone new. I was
ready.
Sixth-grader Kammie Summers's plan to be one of the popular girls at
school hasn't gone the way she hoped. She's fallen into a well during a
(fake) initiation into the Girls' club. Now she's trapped in the dark,
counting the hours, hoping to be rescued. (The Girls have gone for
help, haven't they?)
As the hours go by, Kammie's real-life trouble mixes with memories of
the best and worst moments of her life so far, including the awful
reasons her family moved to this new town in the first place. And as she
begins to feel hungry and thirsty and dizzy, Kammie discovers she does
have visitors, including a French-speaking coyote and goats that just
might be zombies. But they can't get her out of the well. (Those Girls
are coming back, aren't they?)
"Moving, suspenseful, and impossible to put down." --Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
"Darkly humorous . . . Honest and forthcoming." --The New York Times
Book Review
"I dare you to pick up this riveting novel without reading straight
through to its heart-stopping conclusion." --Katherine Applegate,
Newbery Medal-winning author of The One and Only Ivan