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In this start to an all-new series, Samantha begins writing her school paper's advice columnand finds out fast that some things are easier said than written. Every middle-school girl has questions about her future, but to star school newspaper reporter Samantha Martone, getting the scoop is her life. Sam plans to travel the world someday as a journalist, and in the meantime she's thrilled that her newspaper adviser, Mr. Trigg, has chosen her for a special gig: For the next year, she'll be the school's anonymous advice columnist. Being the voice of "Dear Know-It-All" is exciting, and an important secret to keepespecially when Sam figures out that one of the letters she receives is actually from her best friend. Sam's mortified to learn her BFF also has a crush on fellow newspaper stafferand pitcher for the baseball teamMichael Lawrence. Can Sam still give good advice when her own love interest is on the line?

Rachel Wise loves to give advice. When she’s not editing or writing children’s books, which she does full-time at a publisher in New York, she’s reading advice columns in newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and is always sure her advice would be better! Her dream is to someday have her own talk show, where she could share her wisdom with millions of people at once; but for now she’s happy to dole out advice in small portions in Dear Know-It-All books.