Noah was hoping for a normal seventh-grade year, but no such luck. The girls confuse him, his friends are starting to annoy him, and his older sister, Emma, seems to follow ever-stricter food rules and regulations. The only place Noah feels himself is in art class, with a lump of clay on the wheel. When Emma's condition takes a turn for the worse, Noah must find a way to help himself, and those he loves, in the crisis. Iowa Teen Award.