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If middle school were a race, Joseph Friedman wouldn't even be in last place - he'd be on the sidelines. With an overactive mind and phobias of everything from hard-boiled eggs to gargoyles, he struggles to understand his classes, let alone his fellow classmates. So he spends most of his time avoiding school bully Charlie Kastner and hiding out in the Resource Room, a safe place for misfit kids like him. But then, on the first day of seventh grade, two important things happen. First, his Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school track team, and second, he meets Heather, a crazy-fast runner who isn't going to be pushed around by Charlie Kastner or anybody else. With a new friend and a new team, Joseph finds himself off the sidelines and in the race (quite literally) for the first time.
About the Author
Diana Harmon Asher was born in Brooklyn, and raised on Long Island. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English, and has worked in publishing, as well as in the motion picture industry. She is presently involved with writing and support programs at Mt. Pleasant Blythedale School in Valhalla, New York, and The Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Diana is the mother of three grown sons, and lives with her husband, Henry, their dog, Cody, and cat, Chester, in Westchester, New York. SIDETRACKED is her debut novel.
