Pool Problem: The Complicated Life of Claudia Cristina Cortez

Claudia Cristina Cortez

by Diana G. Gallagher, Brann Garvey (Illustrator)

Claudia is super excited because her family is getting a pool! But her tree house tree needs to be cut down to make room for the new pool. Claudia has so many happy memories in the tree house. How can she leave it behind? Stuck between the past and a pool, what's a girl to do?

Genres: Realistic Fiction

79 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2009

About the author

Diana G. Gallagher was an American author who wrote books for children and young adults. She also wrote the space opera The Alien Dark (1990), but was best known for her tie-in work for television properties including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, Star Trek and The Secret World of Alex Mack, among others.

She was also a prolific filk creator, winning Pegasus Awards in 1986 and ’94. Gallagher won a Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 1988 under the name Diana Gallagher Wu. She sometimes also wrote under the name Diana Burke.

Born in 1946, in Paterson, New Jersey, she lived in Florida with her husband, the writer Martin R. Burke, who predeceased her in 2011. Gallagher was married four times; her third marriage was to author William F. Wu (divorced 1990).

Gallagher died December 2, 2021 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 75 years of age.

Reviews

[Lynnette]

I enjoy these middle school characters and their adventures. The characters are plausible and fun and these books are inspiration for my own stories.

[Karen Ruiz]

its okay but i think the book should be longer .Claudia is having a hard time trying to choose over a tree house or a pool