Books with author Alicia Vella Dziak

So far, eighth grade at Westbrook Middle is going a-okay for Mack Sanders. She finally got her first kiss over the summer, she gets to sit with the popular girls at lunch, and her boyfriend is a total babe. But as things unravel, and her new friends’ true colors start to show, Mack learns that being in with the cool crowd isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Join skinny, late bloomer Mack as she fumbles through the school year, trying to find her place with her family, her friends and most of all, herself.

Mack returns as a high school freshman at Westbrook High. With new teachers, a new boyfriend and new social pressures, she soon realizes that high school is much different than middle school. Mack finds new friends and reconnects with old ones, but still seems to find her ex-boyfriend involved in her life. Join Mack in the ups and downs of teenage life, as she wavers between being herself and being who she thinks other people want her to be.

So far, eighth grade at Westbrook Middle is going a-okay for Mack Sanders. She finally got her first kiss over the summer, she gets to sit with the popular girls at lunch, and her boyfriend is a total babe. But as things unravel, and her new friends’ true colors start to show, Mack learns that being in with the cool crowd isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Join skinny, late bloomer Mack as she fumbles through the school year, trying to find her place with her family, her friends and most of all, herself.