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A sixth grader at Jefferson Middle School, Desdemona Hillman Diller (aka Dee) is navigating friendship issues and the changing social roles experienced during pre-adolescence in Alex Thayer’s recent novel Happy & Sad & Everything True. Juniper Green has been Dee’s best friend since they became neighbors, so when the two enter sixth grade and are in separate sections, Dee does not share her mother’s enthusiasm that this is an interesting turn of events and a wonderful opportunity for Dee to make new friends. At school, Juniper seems to have moved on with new friends who won’t allow Dee to sit at their lunch table. ConfusedRead More →