The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School

Zoe Fleefenbacher has one blue eye and one green eye and bright red hair that goes on...forever. Her hair has always been unruly, but now she is in first grade and according to her teacher, Ms. Trisk, "first grade has rules." It takes countless barrettes and scrunchies to finally hold Zoe’s hair. But when it can help with an uncooperative science lesson, will Ms. Trisk let Zoe’s hair free?

• Author: Laurie Halse Anderson is the New York Times-bestselling author who writes for kids of all ages. Known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity, her work has earned numerous American Library Association and state awards. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists. Chains also earned a spot on the Carnegie Medal Short List.

  Laurie received the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association for her "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature."

  Mother of four and wife of one, Laurie lives in Northern New York State, an hour south of the Canadian border, where she likes to watch the snow fall as she writes. Right now she's finishing up her next YA novel and researching Ashes, which will conclude the adventure of Isabel and Curzon that readers enjoyed in her historical novels Chains and Forge.

• Illustrator: Ard Hoyt was born in Texas, he attended Pasadena, California's prestigious Art Center College of Design before embarking on his career as a children's book illustrator. Working in pen-and-ink, colored pencil, and water color, he has created artwork for writers such as Mary Cassanova, Corinne Demas, John Lithgow, and Linda Skeers.

• New York Times Bestseller from Atheneum Books

• Interest Level: 4 to 6 years

• Softcover, 32 pages, 9.5" x .2" x 11.5"

• Bargain book, limited quantities only so when they're gone, they're gone – new book, however some books may have minor scuffs or marks on cover.