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Sonnenblick,
Jordan. |
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Claire’s
eighth grade
year is off to
a bumpy start.
She’s being
teased at
school by a
mean girl, and
her frenemy
Ryder
relentlessly
badgers her
about
saxophone
chair
auditions. She
loves dance
classes, but
her friends
are moving up
into high
school classes
while she’s
left behind
with the
little kids.
Her big
brother is
perfect in
every way, so
Claire feels
she
disappoints
all the
teachers he
used to have.
But life
really turns
sideways when
her father
collapses in
front of her
during
breakfast.
Suddenly her
dancing,
singing,
joking dad
can’t do those
things
anymore. He’s
changed, but
he's still
there—isn't
he? Jordan
Sonnenblick
navigates the
tricky waters
of eighth
grade with
humor and
manages to
convey the
heartbreak of
a major
tragedy
alongside more
mundane, but
still
horrifying
problems, such
as a big zit
appearing on
the first day
of school. (Vermont
Dorothy
Canfield
Fisher Book
Award,
2018) |
| SUBJECTS: Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Cerebrovascular disease -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Middle Schools -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. |
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