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Minerva Clark Gets a Clue
By Karbo, Karen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-58234-677-9
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 Rebus-loving seventh grader Minerva Clark humorously describes the worst day of her life, which includes making a fool of herself in front of peers at an arcade, seeing her favorite cousin getting arrested, and suffering from electric shock. But events soon take a dangerously suspenseful twist when Minerva's personality changes as a result of the jolt of electricity. No longer suffering from self-conscious, self-depre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2005
The jolt of electricity seventh-grader Minerva Clark receives while playing lab rat for her brother's computer-generated art project rewires her brain. According to the puzzled neurologist who examines her after the accident, Minerva scores unusually low on both the TSSA and TPS—the Test of Serious Symptoms of Adolescence and the Think Poorly of Self test. "What I got out of what Dr. Lozano was saying was that I used to think I was a Freak Show Fre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
