Twerp, Mark Goldblatt. Julian, upon his suspension from sixth grade, takes up his teacher's invitation to keep a writing journal in place of other required writing assignments. Mr. Selkirk, recognizing Julian's writing talent, is hoping that he will share what really happened with Danley and the egg escapade. As the year moves along, Julian records major events in his life: causing an accident by dodging cars, writing a note to Jillian, the hottest girl in class, for his friend, Lonnie, being bested by a faster runner than himself, firecrackers in the abandoned Ponzi lot. We meet his close friends. We go on the humiliating date that he makes with Jillian when she doesn't believe that the note was not "really" from him. We feel the cold shoulder he gets from Lonnie when he finds out about the date. We meet Eduardo, the foster kid, that is so much faster than him. Through it all, he knows that Mr. Selkirk is waiting for the one entry that Julian needs to write. We, as readers, have to wait for it, but it does come and when it comes, it comes with a shudder.