twelve-year-old dee lanson would never have dreamed that the new school year would start like this! things are really heating up!the class nuisance is back with more mischief to inflict upon her! one friend is a no-show at school. something odd is going on with one of the fantastic four. as dee's list of challenges grows, she enlists the help of an older girl to make sense of it all.just when things seem to be settling down, dee's parents make a life-changing decision. suddenly, dee and her brother joey are faced with losing everything they hold dear. the siblings plan and scheme to do whatever it takes to change their parents' minds. how far will they go? will they be successful?follow dee's journey as she faces the heat and emerges better and stronger than ever!