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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2016 | Young Adult
Gr 6–8—Claire Goldsmith has been living a relatively cursed life, at least in her opinion. Her dance friends have all moved up a level, but she's stayed the same. Eighth grade is nightmarish thanks to mean girls and an even meaner boy. At home, her parents and older brother aren't exactly sympathetic to her plight. But one morning Claire's life goes from bad to worse when her dad has a stroke. No...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2016
Middle school is hard enough for thirteen-year-old Claire Goldsmith. She is incessantly teased by two classmates, has an alto sax chair audition coming up, and has been kept a level behind her friends at her dance studio. Plus, puberty is doing a number on her body. She does not think her life can get any worse, but when she witnesses her novelis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
When her novelist father has a stroke, thirteen-year-old Claire's world turns upside-down. Bullies become allies, her routines change, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
