This is a sweet and charming book about a girl who is governed by logic, and her interactions with the messy and irrational classmates with whom she shares her life. The author, Lauren Tarshis, also wrote the immensely popular
I Survived disaster-survival series. I was able to strongly relate to this book’s protagonist, Emma-Jean; she’s never specifically labeled as anything other than “strange,” but I could easily see her occupying a place on the autism continuum (and I like the way that Emma-Jean’s being “strange” is framed as a positive trait). Altogether, a compelling storyline, difficult to put down — as, with good intentions, Emma-Jean resorts to various forgeries. I kept waiting with apprehension for her ruses to be discovered.
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