The Kate in Between

In this timely, call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl mustface herself, and the truth, after her participation in a bullying incidentgoes viral.

Kate McAllister is desperate fora change. Something to hit refresh and erase the pain of her mother leavingtown without her. So when a group of popular girls folds Kate into theirclique, it feels like the answer to all her problems--even if it means ditchingHaddie, her childhood bestie.

Butwhen Kate's new friends decide that Haddie is their next target, Kate becomes apassive participant in a cruel incident that could have killed Haddie...had Katenot stepped in, at the last minute, and saved her. The next day, a cell phonevideo of the rescue goes viral, and Kate is hailed a hero. But Kate knows thetruth--she was part of the problem--and it's only a matter of time until the fullversion of the video is released and everyone knows it too.

Withso much at stake, Kate must decide who she wants to be: a liar, a follower, orsomeone greater.