Albie’s summer is sure to be the best: an eleven out of ten!

Albie is looking forward to spending every minute with her best friend, her cousin Lake, at Lake’s swimming pool or working on their Young Entrepreneurs project.

But everything changes when Lake has a serious diving accident and is rushed to hospital. With Lake in the ICU and her fate uncertain, Albie’s summer is falling apart. She’s desperately worried about Lake but is stuck in a boring day camp with her little brother. Instead of the waterside fun and solace she had envisioned, Albie has to navigate camp without Lake and work on the project all on her own. Albie’s never been one to take charge, but this might be the summer she has to step up. After all, Lake is counting on her. So why does Albie feel like she’s betraying Lake by making new friends in her absence?

Perfect for fans of Kate Allen’s The Line Tender and Rebecca Stead’s The List of Things That Will Not Change, Eleven Out of Ten is a middle-grade novel about finding one’s voice, the things we will do for our family, and the challenges of waiting in the in-between spaces.