The Kate in between

Omtale

In this timely,call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl mustface herself, and the truth, after her participation in a bullying incidentgoes viral. Kate McAllister is desperate fora change. Something to hit refresh and erase the pain of her mother leavingtown without her. So when a group of popular girls folds Kate into theirclique, it feels like the answer to all her problemseven if it means ditchingHaddie, her childhood bestie.Butwhen Kates newfriends decide that Haddie is their next target, Kate becomes apassive participant in a cruel incident that could have killed Haddiehad Katenot stepped in, at the last minute, and saved her. The next day, a cell phonevideo of the rescue goes viral, and Kate is hailed a hero. But Kate knows thetruthshe was part of the problemand its only a matter of time until the fullversion of the video is released and everyone knows it too.Withso much at stake, Kate must decide who she wants to be: a liar, a follower, orsomeone greater.