Birdie is twelve and she doesn't like thriftstore clothes and not having enough to eat. Her father is in jail and her mother cleans houses to keep them from going into the poor house. But when Birdie uses her skateboard in the house and damages some of the furniture, her mother gets fired.
Bloomsbury Children's Books and Edelweiss let me read this book for review (thank you). It has been published and you can get a copy now.
Birdie takes a friend to skateboard in an empty pool. They have fun. And Birdie finds money in the walls of the old vacant house. She doesn't admit it and goes back later to get some. Then she sends it to her mother. It helps their life but it is also the start of Birdie's lying. She creates stories about the money.
The more lies she tells, the more she has to create. Eventually her mother catches on that something isn't right. She confesses and they find the money was stolen from old folks. They are going to share the money among the group scammed.
One good thing comes out of this mess. Read the book and you'll find out what it is.
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