"'Frunk the skunk smells like junk!' Upon hearing this played-out chant, eleven-year old Tarryn Frunk does not expect the eighth grade to be different from any other school year, unlike two years ago, when she first moved to Seoul, Korea. Kids living on an American army base halfway around the world happen to be just as mean as those at her old school in California, especially when you've skipped two grades ahead, make sculptures out of found objects (a.k.a. junk) and have a white streak in your incredibly frizzy hair. But two significant events happen to Tarryn on the first day of school, changing the course of the school year and upsetting the dynamics of what once were believed to be loyal friendships"--Page 4 of cover.