I read this book with my Children's Lit book club. It seemed like a great read for all the time we have spent thinking and talking and working on inclusion. We weren't disappointed. I think this would be a great book for every teacher to read! The author did a great job creating a character (maybe because she was like herself!) who could explain how it feels to struggle with school and life.
Goodreads says:
An own voices story that shines a light on how one girl's learning differences are neither right nor wrong...just perfectly individual.
No one can figure out what Gwendolyn Rogers's problem is--not her mom, or her teachers, or any of the many therapists she's seen. But Gwendolyn knows she doesn't have just one thing wrong with her: she has fifty-four.
At least, according to a confidential school report (that she read because she is #16. Sneaky, not to mention #13. Impulsive). So Gwendolyn needs a plan, because if she doesn't get these fifty-four things under control, she's not going to be able to go to horse camp this summer with her half-brother, Tyler.
But Tyler can't help her because there's only one thing "wrong" with him: ADHD.
And her best friend Hettie can't help her because there's nothing wrong with Hettie. She's perfect.
So Gwendolyn is hopeless until she remembers the one thing that helped her mother when her own life was out of control. Or actually, the twelve things. Can these Twelve Steps that cured her mother somehow cure Gwendolyn too?
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