Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
Emma-Jean Lazarus is a lovable oddball who thinks she can use logic to solve the “messy” everyday problems of her seventh-grade peers. It’s easy—she just follows the example of her late father, a brilliant mathematician. Of course, the more Emma-Jean gets involved, the messier her own life gets....
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Emma-Jean Lazarus is a lovable oddball who thinks she can use logic to solve the “messy” everyday problems of her seventh-grade peers. It’s easy—she just follows the example of her late father, a brilliant mathematician. Of course, the more Emma-Jean gets involved, the messier her own life gets. Suddenly she’s no longer the person standing on the outside of all social interactions. But perhaps that’s a good thing? If you took The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World and put them in a middle-grade blender, you would have the book Emma- Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. Quirky, honest, and written by first-time author Lauren Tarshis, this is a tender story about what happens when a girl who has long stood in the social shadows gets a taste of what it’s like to connect with kids her own age.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780756989217 (0756989213)
Publish date: June 1st 2008
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Pages no: 199
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Humor,
Funny,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Contemporary
This one was disappointing. I'd read glowing, GLOWING reviews of it from...uh, some kidlit blogger somewhere? And I liked it, and I was interested in it, but the characters didn't feel real to me. I think it was written too much in the headspace of the Emma-Jean and Colleen, the story's two main ...
I love this book! Such unique and endearing characters that also feel familiar and true. I can't believe it took me so long to read this one!