The Lunch Debt Club

About this book:

When Maya's best friend Noah is handed a cold peanut-butter sandwich and a neon-pink "debt receipt" instead of the Monday pizza they'd both been dreaming about, she discovers the cruel arithmetic of the cafeteria: a negative balance means no hot lunch, no breakfast, and no dignity. Refusing to watch Noah go hungry, Maya smuggles toaster pastries and granola bars in her old yellow lunchbox—sparking a covert operation that soon has fifth-graders trading secrets instead of snacks, a treehouse pantry stocked with contraband muffins, and a petition that reaches the school board.

Funny, fierce, and utterly honest, *The Lunch Debt Club* turns a quiet injustice into a full-scale rebellion led by kids who know that fairness isn't a line item on a budget—it's something you fight for, one smuggled muffin at a time.