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Excerpt from Les Fresques: Historiettes Et Contes
Je n'ai pas la sotte présomption de croire qu'un grand succès est réservé à ce petit livre. Mais s'il éveille dans le coeur. De ceux qui me liront ces sentiments d'humanité, de religion, de bienfaisance et de patrio tisme qui ont pendant tant de siecles honoré et illustré notre pays, je serai heureux et fier moi soldat obscur de la milice littéraire, d'avoir ravive des traditions res pectables et des instincts généreux.
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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.
Summary
In the eighth grade, 1 math whiz < 1 popular boy, according to Tess's calculations. That is, until she has to factor in a few more variables, like:
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?
