by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
appears in For 10 Year Olds, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
?Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid.?Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask fo...
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appears in For 10 Year Olds, Teen, and Teen & Young Adult.
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Consider The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Reading this moves like a chain of small, eerie vignettes: lively openings set up a boy raised in a graveyard and then the narrative alternates between short adventures and quieter, reflective passages. Its useful part is a strong, child-centered mood and highly readable chapters that suit aloud reading and younger audiences. The main limitation is an episodic structure that can feel fragmentary if you prefer sustained plotting or continuous suspense.”
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