* "Readers facing this upstream swim [or] toweling themselves off afterwards will find much they relate to in this engaging volume." --The Bulletin, starred review "Kristine O'Connell George can do more with a small handful of words than most any poet around." --Riverbank Review "The mysteries of lockers and uncontrolled giggling are plumbed; as is the rapture of the boy you like liking you back. . . . Sweet and on key." --Booklist "Middle school, with all its trials, tribulations, and triumphs, is portrayed humorously and poignantly. . . . Students will relate to this voice navigating 'upstream, ' while they try to find their own place in the middle-school wilderness." --SLJ --