The Complicated Life of a Dance Sister: My Twelve Inch Mom

Twelve-year-old Quinn’s life explodes into absolute bonkers-ville when her mom—a scientist with a questionable grasp on safety protocols—accidentally SHRINKS HERSELF while testing a diet drug. (Spoiler: itdoesshrink fat cells… and also bones, skin, hair, and basically everything else.)Now Quinn’s stuck juggling a miniature mom who lives in a dollhouse, a school bully with a knack for knowing everything, a crush who suddenly likes theenemy, and an aunt whose “healthy” dessert experiments could be classified as biohazards.Oh, and don’t forget the neighbor’s emotionally unstable guinea pig who’s gone on a hunger strike, or the dance competition where Quinn totally blanks and nearly exposes her purse-dwelling parent.Just when Quinn thinks things can’t get any weirder, she gets a cryptic call from her long-lost dad… from a number that immediately self-destructs.Middle school is hard. Middle school with a pocket-sized mom, a know-it-all bully, and a rodent named Dominic? Practically impossible. But Quinn’s learning that when everything goes haywire, all you can do is find the silver lining… and maybe carry tweezers.Read more