Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

from joeydag

Touching story of seventh grade girls dealing with their issues and lives for middle school readers. Emma Jean's father passed away over a year ago and Emma Jean and her mom have a great relationship which helps Emma Jean as she "solves" some of her friends problems. I will look forward to readin...

from abbylibrarian

Emma Jean sees the world a bit differently from most of the seventh graders at her school. She is a master of observation, though she doesn't always understand why people act the way they do. She remains detached and it's very hard to get under her skin, so even though she doesn't have any friend...

from francescadefreitas

I really, really liked this one. Emma-Jean's logical approach to life is a little hard to get to grips with, but her delight in moments, such as her parrot's head chucking her chin, is easy to identify with. Emma-Jean has always stood as an observer outside the strange social world of her seventh...

from ewyatt

Emma-Jean is quite a character. An observer of other seventh graders, she decides to try to help a couple people with their problems after talking with Colleen in the bathroom. There's the queen bee and a host of other recognizable middle school stock characters. But Emma-Jean is unique and likea...

from francescadefreitas

I really, really liked this one. Emma-Jean's logical approach to life is a little hard to get to grips with, but her delight in moments, such as her parrot's head chucking her chin, is easy to identify with. Emma-Jean has always stood as an observer outside the strange social world of her seventh...