Amy Goldman Koss – författare

The girls: Maya, Brianna, Darcy, Renee?and popular, fascinating, dangerous Candace. Five friends ruled by one ringleader who plays games to test their loyalty?and then decides who''s in the group and who''s out. Each of the girls has her say in this fast-paces and absolute believable novel set in the war zone of middle school cliques. The author of the highly appraised The Ashwater Experience, Amy Koss has once again crafted a "truly original piece of fiction brimming with humor and insight. " (Starred Horn Book Review for The Ashwater Experience)

Abby, Bess, and Cristy are best friends-period, end of story. Until Bess said, "Zack''s cute," and the two words sent the three friends into a tailspin. Zack, you see, was Abby''s long, long, longtime crush. Gasp! Poor Abby has never even worried about the possibility of someone else liking Zack. Even if she had, she never would''ve suspected that the someone would be Bess! That leaves us with three puzzling questions about the three best friends: 1) Why didn''t Bess think Zack was off-limits? 2) What will Abby do about it? And 3) Whose side is Cristy on anyway? For these three best friends, those three questions are just the beginning!

Every summer John flies to Los Angeles for his  visit with Dad. But one week a year isn''t a lot of time for father/son bonding, particularly when your father is a workaholic who never seems to have time for his son. Not to mention that Dad always has a new girlfriend hanging around. In the past it''s been near impossible to grab some quality time with his father, but this summer John refuses to give up. He''s sick of feeling like a stranger in "Dadland."

Award-winning author Amy Goldman Koss explores what happens when one bad decision threatens to destroy everything.Cheating on a geography midterm is only the beginning. It seemed simple enough—they were given the answers from last year''s test and they used them. But Sarah and her friends got caught, and what was done without much thought leads to greater and greater consequences. Now they are facing punishment at school, tension at home, and no one is sure how or when it will end."An excellent springboard to provocative discussion or debate about the moral and ethical questions that this issue raises."—School Library JournalFrom the Paperback edition.

"Will appeal to young readers who will also find themselves learning a bit about the meaning of Hanukkah...Warm and funny."—School Library JournalMarla Feinstein, the only Jewish kid in her fourth-grade class, hates December. While everyone else is decorating trees, she''ll be forgetting to light the candles and staring at a big plastic dreidel. The holidays couldn''t get much worse. So Marla decides to find out what Hanukkah''s really about—and soon she and her family have made the Festival of Lights the biggest party in town!

Hillary Siegal and her footloose parents live on the road. To Hillary, each move is an escape from becoming one of the "sleepwalkers" she''s seen at all of the seventeen schools she''s attended. But then the Siegals land in Ashwater, California. And this time, they''re staying put. Seventh grade isn''t going to be a typical year for Hillary. What can she do if she can''t run?"Undercurrents of humor, and characters who develop surprising complexities, give this bittersweet tale unusual depth."—Kirkus Reviews

Zinny Weston has been Ava''s best friend since the moment they met. Ava loves animals, but Zinny''s idea of a pet is a fur coat. When the Weston’s get a fishpond in their backyard, Ava thinks Zinny might finally be turning into an animal lover. Then a raccoon starts eating the fish, and soon the rumors start flying. What did Mrs. Weston do to eliminate her raccoon trouble? Who ratted on her to Animal Protection? Drawn into a battle with her best friend, Ava wonders: Can they ever be friends again? This novel blends sensitivity and humor in this thought-provoking and often hilarious story about animal rights and friendship.