(Grades K-3) When Ashley procrastinates writing her school essay, she’s caught up short: it’s due tomorrow and she hasn’t even started. Her friend Kelly says she’s having her sister write hers. Ashley knows that’s cheating, but what is she to do?

After lights out, she finds her older brother’s writing project in the trunk where their parents keep all their school papers. She starts to copy her brother’s paper, which is about the time their honest babysitter returned some extra money Ashley’s mother had accidentally given her. How can Ashley “steal” this essay? In the morning she gets up early and writes her own story. She doesn’t get the grade she wanted, but at least it’s honest, belonging only to her.

This new title in The Way I Act series will help readers think about the many aspects of honesty.

Reviews
"Young readers will identify with the realistic situations and believable characters in these stories....can be read independently or used by adults as part of a discussion on character. Colorful cartoon illustrations add to the appeal. Schools looking for books to support character-education programs will want to consider these titles." School Library Journal

"In this realistic story in the Way I Act series, Ashley waits until the last minute to write a school essay....Cote's acrylic paintings ably illustrate this story of an everychild who procrastinates and worries but in the end finds her own solution to her problem." Booklist