Ruth Keller, a girl who argues with everyone in her life and is known as precocious and brash, discovers a mysterious black slime in her suburban neighborhood's lake. Investigating, Ruth becomes an amateur reporter, and when she connects the slime to the town's high-end country club, her story goes viral--and she brings down critique and controversy on herself from both mean girls in her school and skeptical adults.

PO# FY23-0242.