The NOT-SO-GREAT Depression Author:Amy Goldman Koss Jacki's ninth-grade teacher is always going on about the unemployment index and the recession, but it doesn't sink in until her mom is laid off and everything seems to cost more than they can afford. Luckily. Jacki has her best friend Emily to confide in and the adorable Adam B. to distract her, so she isn't about to let her family's money prob... more »lems bring her down for long. After all, just because they can't buy a fabulous life doesn't mean they can't still have a happy ending, right?« less