ROB BUYEA taught third and fourth graders for six years; then he taught high school biology and coached wrestling for seven years. Currently, he is a full-time writer and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters. His first novel in the MR. TERUPT series, Because of Mr. Terupt, was selected as an E. B. White Read Aloud Honor Book and a Cybils Honor Book. It has also won several state awards and was named to numerous state reading lists. Other books in the series include Mr. Terupt Falls Again and Saving Mr. Terupt. Buyea also wrote THE PERFECT SCORE trilogy, composed of The Perfect Score, The Perfect Secret, and The Perfect Star. Visit him online at robbuyea.com and on Facebook, and follow @RobBuyea on Twitter.