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Gr 2-4 Oliver Olson's overprotective parents present the boy with a lot of rules and rarely allow him to contribute to his own school assignments. They consistently offer words of caution instead of words of encouragement, and plenty of "no's." It is only when Crystal, a talkative classmate, asks Oliver to be her partner for the solar system project that he finds his voice. Crystal is determined that Pluto should still be considered a planet. Oliver, full of unexpressed protest, has a gre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Oliver's overprotective parents insist on doing everything, including homework, for him, whether it's making a diorama of the solar system or coming up with a big idea for changing the world (his mother's contribution: banning cars from making unsafe U-turns). As for letting him attend the much-anticipated third-grade "space sleepover"? Fuggedaboudit. But when Oliver is drawn into opinionated classmate Crystal's orbit—she's outraged at ex-planet Pluto's ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Oliver's overprotective parents insist on doing everything for him. As for letting him attend the third-grade sleepover? Fuggedaboudit. Drawn ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More