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Walk has been separated from his friends by his mother’s decision to send him to private school on scholarship. Kirsten’s world, micromanaged by her overly involved mother, is battered by her parents’ fighting and her best friend Rory’s newfound chumminess with queen bee Brianna. Told from the alternating viewpoints of Kirsten, the overweight daughter of a doctor, and Walk (short for Walker), son of a striving single mother, the issues raised are spot-on for this age group. Particular, that to this day I consider them to be siblings, not cousins.The latest from Newbery Honor author Choldenko is an earnest contemporary story about race, set in a California middle school. We spent so much time with two of my cousins, in Was I the youngest of my siblings, I was the youngest of the neighborhood kidsĪnd all of my cousins as well. My family was not at all like the McKenna family. I wasn't the least bit like Kippy, neither of my sisters was like Kirsten, and I don't think I drew on any family interactions directly. Youngest of four siblings, did you draw on any interactions within your own In addition to being sisters, Kirsten and Kippy are good friends. Hilarious and honest story about what happens when two worlds collide.

To mess up like his cousin? The answers to these questions—and many more—areĪnswered in Gennifer Choldenko's new novel, If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, a

Why is Kirsten's best friend hanging around with the school's queen bee? WhyĪre her parents fighting all the time? And, why does Walk's mom think he's going Interview with Gennifer Choldenko, author of If a Tree Falls at Interview An interview with Gennifer Choldenko, author of If a Tree Falls at Gennifer's books have been translated into thirteen languages.

Her first fantasy novel, No Passengers Beyond This Point was called "a fast-paced mind bender" and a "Wonderfully imagined adventure story." Her newest novel, Al Capone Does My Homework, the last book in the Al Capone trilogy, was available in stores starting August 2013. If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, an ALA notable recording, just came out in paperback, and her novel Al Capone Shines My Shoes—a sequel to the beloved Al Capone Does My Shirts—is a Kirkus, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Chicago Public Library Best of the Best for 2009. Her most recent picture book, A Giant Crush (illustrated by Melissa Sweet), was published in 2011. It has been on the New York Times, Booksense, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. Al Capone Does My Shirts has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Her second novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, was a Newbery Honor Book and a School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Gennifer Choldenko's first novel, Notes from a Liar and Her Dog, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a California Book Award winner.