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Book SynopsisReal, relatable, and fully dimensional, Marianne is a main character you will root for with all your heart. Dan Gemeinhart, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Children
In this poignant middle grade novel, a struggling student joins her school''s celebrated quiz team in a bid to avoid failing eighth grade.
Marianne Blume has always known she's not smart.
After years of trying and trying at school, she's mastered the art of getting by on a combination of luck, deflection, and her winning personalitythat is, until she lands in the classroom of Mr. Garcia. Suddenly she's at risk of flunking his class, repeating the eighth grade, and getting left behind by her best friend, Skyla. To receive much-needed extra credit and get into high school, Marianne makes the desperate decision to join her school's Quiz Quest team, only to find out that her teammates have problems of their ownand that they need to win for her to get the credi
