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Special Edward (Orca Currents)
By Walters, Eric
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-55469-092-3
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 7-10 Edward is a high school sophomore who's more into the social scene than the academic one. After discovering that a classmate received extra time on a math test because of a learning disability, he concocts a plan to capitalize on his underachieving nature by inventing a disability of his own to get out of school work. He purposely fails a battery of tests in order to be classified "exceptional," which allows him into special-education cla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
To lower his teachers' and parents' expectations--and to gain extra time to complete exams--Ed concocts a scheme to get himself labe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
