Claudia's seventh-grade class elections. It's the same every year: the same kids run, and the same kids win. Promises are broken, and nobody cares. This year, it's going to be different. Claudia's friend Peter is running for class president. He's smart and honest, but can he win the election? He insists on having a clean campaign, and everyone else is playing dirty!

Diane G. Gallagher lives in Florida with her husband, Marty Burke, five dogs, three cats, and a cranky parrot. A professional folk musician in the 1970s, Gallagher also wrote songs and dabbled in whimsical fantasy art in the 1980s. She is best known for her hand-colored print series, "Woof: The House Dragon", and she won a Hugo for Best Fan Artist 1988. "The Alien Dark" (TSR1990) was her first published novel. Gallagher has written over 70 titles, including books in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", Smallville", and "Star Trek" series.