If you need a book to satisfy you and use your full capacity of patience, you need to read this book! It is wonderfully real, and the characters seem just like someone you would pass on the street at first glance, but throughout this book you are able to learn about their daily lives and what makes this book so incredible.
You Go First
By Erin Entrada Kelly
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 3 - 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly’s You Go First is an engaging exploration of family, bullying, spelling, art, and the ever-complicated world of middle school friendships. Her perfectly pitched tween voice will resonate with fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Raymie Nightingale.
Twelve-year-old Charlotte Lockard and eleven-year-old Ben Boxer are separated by more than a thousand miles. On the surface, their lives seem vastly different—Charlotte lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while Ben is in the small town of Lanester, Louisiana. Charlotte wants to be a geologist and keeps a rock collection in her room. Ben is obsessed with Harry Potter, presidential history, and recycling. But the two have more in common than they think. They’re both highly gifted. They’re both experiencing family turmoil. And they both sit alone at lunch.
Over the course of a week, Charlotte and Ben—online friends connected only by a Scrabble game—will intersect in unexpected ways, as they struggle to navigate the turmoil of middle school. This engaging story about growing up and finding your place in the world by the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature will appeal to fans of Rebecca Stead and Rita Williams-Garcia.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
ISBN-13: 9780062414199
ISBN-10: 0062414194
Published on 4/9/2019
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
Book Reviews (33)
Erin Entrada Kelly is an author I knew when I got the Time magazine and she actually is a pretty good author! This book represents friendship and it makes understand a bit more about it.
No, this is not my kind of book. I will just like to compliment the author on her style of writing, and the cool cover design (even though the book I read was hardcover and missing the cover). But, a few pages in and I see this isn't a book I will want to read. I might give it a chance some other time, but for now, there are much more books I will rather read.
Have you tried this book again I would recommend it. It is a very good book!