Dead Possums Are Fair Game

Taryn Souders has a background in math education and is passionate about keeping math fun for kids. She is the author of Whole-y Cow!: Fractions Are Fun.

"Souders has a pretty good feel for middle (or nearly) school academic and social interactions....Diverting and frequently funny."—Kirkus Reviews

"Math fans and math phobes alike will gobble this one up. Math has never been more tasty, as Souders delivers a story as delicious as a Banana-Coco-Choco-Loco ice cream treat." —Claudia Mills, author of 7 x 9 = Trouble! and Annika Riz, Math Whiz

"Ella is kind, charming, and believably flawed. Souders has created a pitch-perfect story for reluctant readers—and reluctant math students.” —Courtney Sheinmel, author of the Stella Batts series

"The next time I hear someone say, 'Math has nothing to do with real life' I am going to tell them to read Dead Possums Are Fair Game. In this hysterically funny, fast-moving, and often poignant novel, Souders has a great time showing us that perfection isn’t always necessary and that sometimes we can’t control our circumstances but we can always control our reactions, even when math is involved. So, what does a dead opossum, a math phobic, a quirky aunt and a cast of lovable friends add up to? A great story told with heart. And as a self-admitted non-math person I have to say that Souders made math fun for me. Bravo." —Joyce Magnin, author of Cake: Love, Chickens, and a Taste of Peculiar and Carrying Mason