Secrets, Lies, and Algebra (Do the Math, 1) - Hardcover

Lichtman, Wendy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061229555 ISBN 13: 9780061229558

Publisher: Greenwillow, 2007

Synopsis

In the eighth grade, 1 math whiz 1 stolen test (x),
3 cheaters (y),
and 2 best friends (z) who can't keep a secret.
Oh, and she can't forget the winter dance (d)!

Then there's the suspicious guy Tess's parents know, but that's a whole different problem.

Can Tess find the solutions?

About this title

Product Description:

Do the Math Eighth-grader Tess finds that algebra can come in handy in and out of the classroom. She uses it as a secret code in her journal, as shorthand for social status . . . and as a tool to help her solve two mysteries that shes right smack in the middle of. Full description

About the Author:

Wendy Lichtman writes personal essays for the Washington Post, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Good Housekeeping, among other national publications. She has also written four previous young adult novels, including Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra. She holds a degree in mathematics and has tutored public-school students in algebra for several years. When she decided to write about a teenage girl who realizes that some questions have more than one right answer, algebra, with its unknowns and variables, seemed a perfect metaphor. Wendy Lichtman lives in Berkeley, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061229555
• ISBN 13: 9780061229558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192