Gertie's Leap To Greatness

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment Weekly Gertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig; a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly; and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town; Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind. There's just one problem: Seat-stealing new girl Mary Sue Spivey wants to be the best fifth grader; too. And there is simply not enough room at the top for the two of them. From debut author Kate Beasley; and with illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Jillian Tamaki; comes a classic tale of hope and homecoming that will empty your heart; then fill it back up again--one laugh at a time.