Truth Game (14 page)

Thank you to all the young readers who asked for a fourth book—you inspired me to keep telling Rachel's story. My thanks to Aubrey Poole for being open to the idea of adding one more volume to the Dirt Diary “trilogy,” to Ammi-Joan Paquette for helping me get this story right, to Sarah Chessman for her culinary wisdom, to my family for the endless support, and to Ray Brierly for always being excited to read the next book.

Anna Staniszewski lives outside Boston and teaches at Simmons College. She was a writer-in-residence at the Boston Public Library and a winner of the PEN New England Discovery Award. When she's not writing, Anna reads as much as she can, eats lots of chocolate, and avoids cleaning her house. Visit her at
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The Dirt Diary

Eighth grade never smelled so bad.

Rachel Lee didn't think anything could be worse than her parents splitting up. She was wrong. Working for her mom's new house-cleaning business puts Rachel in the dirty bathrooms of the most popular kids in the eighth grade. Which does not help her already loser-ish reputation. But her new job has surprising perks: enough dirt on the in-crowd to fill up her (until recently) boring diary. She never intended to reveal her secrets, but when the hottest guy in school pays her to spy on his girlfriend, Rachel decides to get her hands dirty.

The Prank List

To save her mom's cleaning business, Rachel's about to get her hands dirty—again.

Rachel Lee is having the best summer ever taking a baking class and flirting with her almost-sort-of-boyfriend Evan—until a rival cleaning business swoops into town, stealing her mom's clients. Rachel never thought she'd fight for the right to clean toilets, but she has to save her mom's business. Nothing can distract her from her mission…except maybe Whit, the cute new guy in cooking class. Then she discovers something about Whit that could change everything. After destroying her Dirt Diary, Rachel thought she was done with secrets, but to save her family's business, Rachel's going to have to get her hands dirty. Again.

The Gossip File

Some things are best kept secret...

Rachel is spending the holiday break with her dad and soon-to-be step-monster, Ellie. Thank goodness her BFF Marisol gets to come with. But when Rachel meets a new group of kids and realizes she can leave her loser status back home, quirky Marisol gets left behind. Bored and abandoned, Marisol starts a Gossip File, collecting info on the locals. When the gossip includes some dirt on Ellie, Rachel has to decide if getting the truth is worth risking her new cool-girl persona…

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