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Review of Worser
Worser by Jennifer ZieglerMiddle School Ferguson/Holiday 256 pp. g3/22 978-0-8234-4956-9 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5283-5 $10.99When his (widowed) mother, a professor of rhetoric, has a stroke and can no longer speak, social misfit twelve-year-old William Wyatt Orser, nicknamed Worser, feels “utterly alone. Cold. Helpless.” Obsessed with words, the boy carries in his...
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Review of Honestly Elliott
Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunnIntermediate, Middle School Bloomsbury 288 pp. g3/22 978-1-5476-0625-2 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0626-9 $11.89With his ADHD, Elliott feels most at home in the kitchen—the one place where he isn’t “extra-disorganized” and forgetful; the place he feels focused, confident, and decisive. But which kitchen? After his parents’ divorce, Elliott...
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Review of Falling Short
Falling Short by Ernesto CisnerosIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 304 pp. g3/22 978-0-06-288172-4 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-288174-8 $10.99The first day of sixth grade at Mendez Middle School is coming up, and Isaac Castillo’s Amá expects him to become “más responsable”: “no more forgetting my lunch, no more missing homework, no more...
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Review of In Honor of Broken Things
In Honor of Broken Things by Paul AcamporaMiddle School Dial 208 pp. g3/22 978-1-9848-1664-1 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-9848-1665-8 $10.99Navigating the chaos and social groups of adolescent life can be difficult; in this novel, three friends help one another despite feeling “broken” themselves. Fourteen-year-old Oscar, football star at West Beacon Junior/Senior High...
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Review of In Honor of Broken Things
In Honor of Broken Things by Paul AcamporaMiddle School Dial 208 pp. g3/22 978-1-9848-1664-1 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-9848-1665-8 $10.99Navigating the chaos and social groups of adolescent life can be difficult; in this novel, three friends help one another despite feeling “broken” themselves. Fourteen-year-old Oscar, football star at West Beacon Junior/Senior High...
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Review of Worser
Worser by Jennifer ZieglerMiddle School Ferguson/Holiday 256 pp. g3/22 978-0-8234-4956-9 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5283-5 $10.99When his (widowed) mother, a professor of rhetoric, has a stroke and can no longer speak, social misfit twelve-year-old William Wyatt Orser, nicknamed Worser, feels “utterly alone. Cold. Helpless.” Obsessed with words, the boy carries in his...
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Review of Honestly Elliott
Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunnIntermediate, Middle School Bloomsbury 288 pp. g3/22 978-1-5476-0625-2 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-5476-0626-9 $11.89With his ADHD, Elliott feels most at home in the kitchen—the one place where he isn’t “extra-disorganized” and forgetful; the place he feels focused, confident, and decisive. But which kitchen? After his parents’ divorce, Elliott...
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Review of Falling Short
Falling Short by Ernesto CisnerosIntermediate, Middle School Quill Tree/HarperCollins 304 pp. g3/22 978-0-06-288172-4 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-288174-8 $10.99The first day of sixth grade at Mendez Middle School is coming up, and Isaac Castillo’s Amá expects him to become “más responsable”: “no more forgetting my lunch, no more missing homework, no more...
Review of Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Work
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life & Workby Victoria OrtizMiddle School, High School Clarion 184 pp. g6/19 978-0-544-97364-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1-328-63990-5 $9.99Since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a hero to many Americans for her progressive positions on cases involving free...
