Claire is the best gymnast in her school's team. She is even on her way to qualifying for the state championships. Claire does her best at the gym but, in school she is known as the troublemaker. At school, she spends more time in the principal's office than in the classroom. Claire doesn't mind being in trouble because it helps hide the fact that she can't read. She has trouble reading because everything looks like a jumble of mess.
Her principal is sympathetic to Claire and wonders if she is acting out because she has dyslexic. Claire's mother is hesitant to get her tested because she doesn't want Claire to be labeled. Claire never realized that she might be able to get help for her reading problems. Will she be able to convince her mother that she needs help?
**Disclosure - I received a free unedited copy of the book in exchange for an honest opinion**
About The Book:
Author: Alma Fullerton
Pub. Date: August 2, 2022
Publisher: Peachtree
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 144
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
A high-energy novel in verse starring a fifth grader who is almost as devoted to competitive gymnastics as she is to hiding her poor reading skills. What happens when Claire’s secret starts unraveling?
Claire is by far the best gymnast on her team, and she’s well on her way to
qualifying for the state championships. The gym is where Claire shines. But at school,
she’s known as a troublemaker. She seems to spend more time in the office than
in class—which is fine with her since it enables her to hide the fact that she
can’t read. She has never been able to make sense of the wobbling jumble of
letters on a page. No one except her BFF knows.
But when a sympathetic principal wonders if Claire is acting out because she’s
dyslexic, her mother balks. She’s afraid Claire will be labeled “stupid” and
refuses testing. Claire has always assumed she’s dumb; she never imagined her
reading problem could have a solution. Is she strong enough to take on both her
reading challenges and her mother’s denial? Is it worth jeopardizing her spot
in qualifiers?
Told in clear and poignant verse and featuring black and white illustrations,
Claire’s struggle with something that seems to come easily to everyone else
will resonate with readers and have them cheering her on.
About Alma Fullerton:
Alma
Fullerton couldn’t read until she was in the fourth grade. Today she works
with students who have learning disabilities. She is the author of several
middle grade and young adult novels that garnered acclaim and awards in her
native Canada. Alma is also the author/illustrator of several picture
books. She is on faculty with the Highlights Foundation for teaching novel in
verse writing and is an RA for SCBWI’s Canada East region.
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