Nothing to See Here

Four students expose the chaos of online rumors with a daring social media experiment.

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304 pages

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Winnie's year spirals when she's targeted by an online list, while Gia, Mateo, and Levi face their own digital dilemmas. As rumors swirl, these four unlikely allies unite to combat the chaos of gossip by launching a bold experiment. Can they reveal the truth about online rumors before things go too far? In a world where words spread like wildfire, their mission becomes a high-stakes journey of friendship and self-discovery. Will their plan succeed, or will it backfire, leaving them more entangled in the web of lies they sought to unravel?

From the publisher

After an online incident forces a student to leave their school, four students team up and start posting fake rumors as an experiment to show everyone the dangers of online gossip in this high stakes and heartfelt story from highly acclaimed author Barbara Dee.How far is too far?Between her best friend ditching her and her parents taking away her phone, Winnie’s year is off to a rough start. But eighth grade gets even more complicated when she’s named on the Not Hot list by an anonymous online account.Gia’s on the Hot list, but she’d rather not be. There’s already enough chatter about her online–how she thinks she’s smarter and better than everyone else, and lately, that she’s secretly dating Mateo.Mateo isn’t dating Gia, but he’s had a crush on her for over a year now. But kids online are saying they have nothing in common, and he doesn’t want to make her uncomfortable.Mateo’s best friend Levi doesn’t mind that he’s not the one in the spotlight. He’s got enough going on at home.And when an anonymous post takes things too far, these four very different kids team up to start their own experiment, posting fake gossip on social media to show what can happen when online rumors get out of control, in this high stakes and heartfelt story from highly acclaimed author Barbara Dee.

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