Yolanda Ridge is the author of the middle-grade novel Inside Hudson Pickle and the juvenile nonfiction title CRISPR: A Powerful Way to Change DNA, both of which were Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. She has also written two environment-themed novels for Orca Young Readers line, Trouble in the Trees and Road Block. She has a master of science degree and is adept at making complex concepts understandable—a skill she uses in her writing, teaching and author visits. She lives in Rossland, British Columbia.

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• Winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre
• Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Award

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CM Magazine

This entertaining story will have readers aged nine to 12 laughing and cheering for Hudson as they turn the pages to eagerly learn the truth.

The Calgary Herald

Fans of novels about sports and family drama, such as Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, will appreciate this realistic tale.

School Library Journal