IF A TREE FALLS AT LUNCH PERIOD by Gennifer Choldenko Accelerated Reader: Level: 3.0. Pts. 5. Number of Multiple Choice Questions on Quiz: 10. Take the Quiz! Book Description: Choldenko has a flair for titles: Notes From a Liar and Her Dog, Al Capone Does My Shirts, now this. But books don't fly on titles alone. Choldenko also has a spiky wit, an empathetic eye for kids' foibles and fears, an ear for their distinctive voices and an impressive range. . . . If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period unfolds in the less exotic setting of a fancy private school, but it treads more explosive ground as it switches between the viewpoints of two seventh-graders there -- Kirsten, who is white, and Walk, who is black. That catchy title is a metaphor for the uprooting that takes place when Kirsten and Walk learn they have a whole lot more in common than their "brilliance." At the same time, it signals this book's real appeal for pre-teens: While it treats issues of race, class and marital discord fearlessly, it's also one of the funniest they'll read this year.