There are no fairy tale endings in middle school.
Greta Starr has one dream: to be a famous reporter. Unfortunately shes been assigned to write for the papers most boring beat, and she feels stuck. Then, on her twelfth birthday, Greta receives a mysterious cuckoo clock with a wooden dancer named Lulu inside. Every hour, the doll twirls in time with the musicuntil one night she comes to life. Lulu is infused with magic and mischief. With Lulus sly encouragement, Greta engineers a feel-good story to report, setting in motion a series of remarkable, if deceitful, happy endings at school that help Greta gain popularity. But when the truth threatens Gretas friendships, she is confronted with very real consequences that Lulus magic cant fix.
This coming-of-age story explores the blurred line between fact and fiction as Greta realizes the key to being a great reporterand a great friendis striving for truth, not perfection.
