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It all started with a text.  Kids are always texting at BMS when they think the teacher isn't looking, but one day, things go too far.  A teacher confiscates Ruby Sandels phone and right there on the screen is some pretty terrible stuff about another teacher.  That is the last straw.  Cell phones are banned.

Now kids have to communicate the old-fashioned way, face to face or on paper.  This isn't much of a problem for Frost.  His mom can't afford a cell phone anyway.  Frost and his friends come up with a new way to communicate.  They start using the post-it notes everyone has to buy but never uses to leave notes for each other on their lockers.  The idea catches on like wildfire.  Some of the notes are friendly, some are silly, but some just plain cruel, and there is no way to determine who left the note.

In the middle of this upheaval, Rose arrives as a new student.  She's tall and bigger than most kids in school, and this makes her stand out--and not in a good way.  When one of Wolf's friends strikes up a friendship with Rose, it strains the tight relationship amongst the other four.  They don't need another person and certainly not a new girl with a target on her back. 

As the sticky note war spins out of control, everyone has to choose a side, and Frost knows things will never be the same. 

I really liked this new book by John David Anderson, and the message is one all middle schoolers need to hear.  I'm just not sure Frost's voice is authentically middle school.  He seems much older than 8th grade.  I want to try this one on a few kids to see what they think.