While there, the first major conflict arises when Brianna steals the teacher’s wallet and plants it in Kirsten’s backpack. On the very first day, Kirsten and Walk are both late for history class and are forced to go to school on Saturday to help the teacher move classrooms. Kirsten is slowly realizing that her best friend, Rory, is ignoring her in favor of hanging out with the popular kids, led by Brianna, a beautiful and mean blonde who enjoys tormenting everyone-including her supposed friends. Initially, Kirsten is looking forward to school starting because her parents have been fighting all summer, and she has been stress-eating and gaining weight. A startling secret involving both of their families will either tear Walk and Kirsten apart or bring them closer together. Meanwhile, Walker Jones, one of only three black kids at an expensive private school and the son of single mother Sylvia, does his best to get good grades. Kirsten McKenna’s life is falling apart: her parents are fighting for no discernable reason, her best friend, Rory, has abandoned her for the popular mean girl, Brianna, and she has gained thirty pounds in the last six months. If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period (2007) is a juvenile fiction book by Newbery Award-winning author Gennifer Choldenko.
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