Rachel Wise

Set the Record Straight! Rachel Wise

Brief Description: Includes a sneak peak of "A level playing field."Biographical Note: Rachel Wise loves to give advice. When she's not editing or writing children's books, which she does full-time at a publisher in New York, she's reading advice columns in newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and is always sure her" advice would be better! Her dream is to someday have her own talk show, where she could share her wisdom with millions of people at once; but for now she's happy to dole out advice in small portions in Dear Know-It-All books. Brief Description: Thriving in her position as the school newspaper's anonymous advice columnist, Samantha becomes the victim of cyberbullying when a well-meant suggestion backfires, a situation that is further complicated by hostility over her efforts to improve cafeteria food. Marc Notes: Thriving in her position as the school newspaper's anonymous advice columnist, Samantha becomes the victim of cyberbullying when a well-meant suggestion backfires, a situation that is further complicated by hostility over her efforts to improve cafeteria food.; Ages 8-12. Publisher Marketing: In this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series, Samantha learns the power of telling the truth as a budding middle-school advice columnist. Samantha loves working on her school newspaper staff, and she especially likes her job as the anonymous advice columnist "Dear Know-It-All." She does her best to help her readers, but when a well-meaning suggestion backfires, Sam finds herself the victim of cyberbullying: Horrible emails fill her inbox, and she feels harassed. To make matters worse, she's doing solid reporting about the bad food in the cafeteria, but that makes the cafeteria workers hostile and upset. Does everyone hate her? On the brink of a meltdown, Sam talks to her adviser, who says she can stop writing the advice column if she wants. Should Sam quit being Know-It-All and admit defeat, or is there a way she can defend herself and keep her job on the school paper? Review Citations:

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 87 (EAN 9781442444454, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 87 (EAN 9781442444461, Other)

Contributor Bio:  Wise, Rachel Rachel Wise loves to give advice. When she's not editing or writing children's books, which she does full-time at a publisher in New York, she's reading advice columns in newspapers, magazines, and blogs--and is always sure "her" advice would be better! Her dream is to someday have her own talk show, where she could share her wisdom with millions of people at once, but for now she's happy to dole out advice in small portions in Dear Know-It-All books.