Tangled in Time-The Portal #1 by Kathryn Lasky

When Rose's mom dies in a fiery car crash, Rose moves to Indianapolis to live with her grandmother, who seems to have dementia.  On her first day of school she encounters "three mean girls" who apparently have read her fashion blog.  They proceed to decimate her person-hood. 
To add to her chaotic life, she finds herself somehow transported to the Tudor time in England. 
More questions than answers dominate her life as she sorts out her grandmother and her mother's connection to this time period.
Maybe she isn't an orphan after all?
The book ends with some questions answered, yet new ones arise.  Hints of problems and up and coming characters are scattered throughout the book.  This book is number one in a series.

Ms. Lasky certainly portrays sixth grader girls and their pettiness and cattiness well!  I cannot stand when young and teen girls act this way so this was a turn-off for me as I read the book!

-Borrowed from the library.