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Mackler, Carolyn.
NOT IF I CAN HELP IT
New York : Scholastic Press, 2019
IL 3-6
ISBN 9780545709484
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Have you ever had a shirt that scratches or a tag that always bothers you? Willa does too! She goes to Occupational Therapy once a week to “work on” her sensory processing disorder. When Willa explains to her O.T. that her Dad is dating her best friend’s mom, things get a little stressful for Willa. It’s weird for Willa to see her dad and Ruby’s mom together. Willa likes being best friends with Ruby, but everything is too weird for her. She is even thinking of moving with her mother to keep something normal. Will Ruby and Willa remain best friends? Can she overcome her feelings and feel like she used to? Life is full of surprises in this touching, fun filled novel.   (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021)

SUBJECTS:   Sensory disorders -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Adjustment (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Life skills -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
                        Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
                        New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.


 
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