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"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother...

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Main Author: Fullerton, Alma (Author)
Other Authors: Mensinga, Sarah (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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Reading disability > Juvenile fiction.
Gymnastics > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Sports fiction > Juvenile.
Novels in verse > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Fifth-grader Claire can do a perfect triple handspring. She can do a giant pirouette on the uneven bars. What she can't do is reading. With a lot of effort, she hides her secret until an alert vice principle suggests she get evaluated for a learning disability. Now Claire has to convince her mother--who's afraid her daughter will be labeled 'stupid'--to let her get tested. And that turns out to be even harder than reading"--
Physical Description:135 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:008-012.
ISBN:9781682633663
1682633667
Author Notes:Alma Fullerton couldn't read until she was in the fourth grade. Today she works with students who have learning disabilities. She is the author of several middle grade and young adult novels that garnered acclaim and awards in her native Canada. Alma is also the author/illustrator of several picture books. She is on faculty with the Highlights Foundation for teaching novel in verse writing and is an RA for SCBWI's Canada East region.

Sarah Mensinga is the author and illustrator of the picture book, The Box , and has worked on films including "The Ant Bully" and "Escape from Planet Earth," as well as the TV show, "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron." Sarah has also contributed stories to the Flight comic anthologies. Born in Canada, Sarah now lives in Texas with her family. Find more of her work at sarahmensinga.com.

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