The Totally True Life of Ruby July

Ruby July knows the molecular composition of the world's most perfect food: cheese. Basically, science. All of it. And oh yeah — also, normal middle school stuff. Whatever that is. If you don't have a minute, that's okay. She will wear these facts on a series of hand-printed t-shirts for you to consume at a more convenient time. Because that's the Ruby July guarantee.

Things in Ruby July's life are going just grand, thank you. Spiffy, even — sparkly, spangly, and worthy of every high five any person is willing to administer within a 5-mile radius. Or at least they would be, if only her sister would write her back from boarding school, and her best friend hadn't decided to stop talking to her, and her parents didn't fight all the time and then suddenly stop talking when she entered the room with looks of dog-like guilt on their faces like, “What? Us?”