(Large Print Edition) There is an odd message flying from the flagpole at Park View Middle School and suddenly the students are looking closely at one another. Who could have done it? When a second message is found, everyone is curious and concerned. Popular teacher, Mr. Lehman, wants to use this as a focal point for teaching his eighth grade students something about each other. They think it is just another one of his goofy assignments but, what can they do but go along? Mr. Lehman wants to convince them that everything they say and do has the potential to help or harm and that by simply...

James is tired of being picked on at Banford Middle School, so he is making some changes. He has a plan: A different school + different clothes + different rules - a different name = FREEDOM. James switches to Cedar Charter Middle School and, at first, everything seems to go perfectly. But, just as James starts to feel secure, catastrophy strikes. Her name is Sondra Simmons and she is from Banford Middle School, too. Sondra shows up at Cedar and the new life that James has put together begins to unravel bit by bit. As James struggles to keep his new dignity, he finds that he is doing more...