Governor General\'s Award FinaList Colleen Nelson\'s tale of identity, unlikely friends, and a secret Book club, now available in a new paperback format. [and] a robustly diverse supporting cast...
A well-plotted, well-written story that will engage readers and encourage nonreaders.-- Kirkus Reviews.
Told in alternating chapters from the perspectives of seventh graders Jane and Tyson, this story unfolds with clever aplomb...
As their paths move ever closer, Jane and Tyson both discover their own self-reliance and their ability to overcome obstacles that seemed insurmountable.
With the insight of a veteran middle-school teacher, Colleen Nelson , author of the award-winning Harvey Comes Home and Sadia , weaves together two stories of identity, expectation, and the courage to challenge both.
But something makes him answer it anyway, and Tyson finds himself pulled into a secret Book club where being hidden may be the first step to being truly seen.
So when he finds an anonymous note in the library looking for a nerdy new friend, he knows he\'s the last person in the world it could be meant for.
Since the fourth grade he\'s had a reputation as a bad kid, and there\'s no point fighting it when teachers always think the worst.
Tyson Flamand has problems of his own.
But Sienna has left her with one last trick: a hidden message in a library book--the perfect plot to start a secret club and find Jane a new book-loving friend.
Between her father\'s posting overseas and her best friend Sienna\'s move to the other side of the country, seventh grade is looking lonely for Jane MacDonald.
Governor General\'s Award FinaList Colleen Nelson\'s tale of identity, unlikely friends, and a secret Book club, now available in a new paperback format
