Reviews

Math and fiction? Why the world's gone all higglety-pigglety on us! Up is down! Right is wrong! Math is fun!”
  Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal

Lichtman masterfully weaves the concept of adolescents grappling with the unknown into a very compelling coming- of-age novel featuring realistic middle school situations and appealing characters. It’s a book with humor, heart AND smarts — that magically makes math seem interesting, fun and useful.
 Buffalo News

Tweens will relate to the playground politics, get caught up with the suspenseful plot and appreciate the accessibility of arithmetic, thanks to Lichtman's lucid descriptions and drawings.
Kirkus Reviews

Wendy Lichtman has seamlessly woven 8th grade algebraic concepts into a spot-on teen narrative focused on middle school friendships, trust and betrayal, and ethical dilemmas in a sea of moral ambiguity. At one and the same time the main character Tess is both a quirky thinker who views the world through the lens of math concepts and a perfectly normal 8th grader with crushes on boys and unreliable girlfriends.
  Northern California Book Awards 

A very contemporary story about a math wizard, 13-year-old Tess, who uses math in all of her notes as a code and to solve some problems and mysteries. The middle-school book has some adult themes but is very fun. If you have a math and puzzle lover at home, this should fit the equation for good reading.
Detroit Free Press