Language: PG (12 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG (illustration of a classroom full of shirtless 9th grade boys) Violence: PG (sister fight involving pushing and kicking)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Tara learns at the end of 7th grade that she is skipping 8th grade and going straight to High School. Even though her older sister reassures her, Tara doesn't feel like she fits in, and worried the other students think she's a baby. The others who moved up with her are adapting better. Tara just wants to be in middle school again. High School is weird and scary.
Tara has a great imagination, I love the games she plays with her baby brother, and Graphic
Illustrations are a terrific way to present it. As a middle school librarian, I see a big difference between 8th and 9th graders, and I worried about Tara. There's so much more going on socially in High School - although she and her sister rode the bus together, they didn't connect at all during the day. I thought that was strange. All in all, a recommended middle grade read! Characters are white.
Lisa Librarian
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