For the Record

A middle-grade novel explores the realities of parents' divorce, focusing on the experiences of twelve-year-old Justine and her sister Bea. Their mother, anxious about their father's influence, hires Justine to collect evidence for sole custody. Justine initially accepts her mother's view and notes his behavior, but when she fabricates a lie for her mother's court case, she starts questioning her mother's behavior and her own.