Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman

Author:Wendy Lichtman [Lichtman, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cheating (Education), Middle schools, Science & Technology, Fiction, Suspicion, Best friends, Mathematics, Realistic fiction, Schools, School & Education, Values & Virtues, Social Issues, Secrets, Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Friendship, Middle school students, Emotions & Feelings, Honesty, Family, General, Elementary, Education, Adolescence
ISBN: 9780061229572
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-05-19T23:00:00+00:00

ketchup bottle, “I don’t exactly want to spend my weekend cleaning out the garage.”

“Let me ask you a question,” Dad said, slicing his hamburger in half before he picked it up. “Is there some sort of rule book I don’t know about that says it’s a requirement for you to have a negative attitude now that you’re a teenager?”

I knew this was supposed to be a joke, but it wasn’t the least bit funny, so I pounded out some ketchup and said, “There’s nothing wrong with being negative.”

“Pardon me?” my father asked.

This was another one of those times when I should have shut up, but instead I said, “Negative numbers just go a different direction on the number line. They go to the left of zero and positive numbers go to the right of zero.”

My father picked up his wineglass, took a sip, and looked at me.

“Say you want to take BART from the stop closest to school,” I explained, giving the exact same 96

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