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J.R. Silver Writes Her World by Melissa Dassori
5.0
Do you feel your best friend found other friends and you don't know why you're being left behind?Do you love books and want to be a writer? This is the perfect book.
Jr Silver Writes her World is the perfect novel gift for young readers who want to become writers. Because it's also a powerful middle-grade novel it addresses several issues that Jr faces as a 6th grader such as: getting more independence from her parents, keeping up with her friend's world, dealing with loneliness, and abandoning fixed ideas or concepts about something or someone without getting to know the truth first.
Jr misses her only best friend Violet very much, but Violet wants to have other friends and do things on her own too. Not just lonely, Jr feels the lack of confidence to reach out to others and say how she feels. But a new teacher appears with a set of magical magazines that helps her find her voice not only as a person but as an author.
It's set in New York and full of great cultural, local, and art references.
The first chapters aren't very focused and precise on what is happening or what the story will be about, but once we're focused on the magazines' powers we get excited to see what she can do with them not only to help herself but to help others too.
We get to accompany close Jr ups and downs. Sometimes she has a very adult perspective of the world around her. This challenges middle graders who love to read about older, clever, and knowledgeable characters whom they aspire to emulate. Also, older and more demanding readers will still be drawn to this book. As an adult and educator, I loved it. My favorite chapter was the sleepover. This challenges middle graders who love to read about older, clever, and knowledgeable characters whom they aspire to emulate. Also, older and more demanding readers will still be drawn to this book. As an adult and educator, I loved it. My favorite chapter was the sleepover.
I wish middle grades were a thing when I was younger to give me answers while I was growing up, but I'm glad they can help my students now. I recommend this book to librarians and educators.
Thank you, NetGalley and Christy Ottaviano Books for the ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.
Jr Silver Writes her World is the perfect novel gift for young readers who want to become writers. Because it's also a powerful middle-grade novel it addresses several issues that Jr faces as a 6th grader such as: getting more independence from her parents, keeping up with her friend's world, dealing with loneliness, and abandoning fixed ideas or concepts about something or someone without getting to know the truth first.
Jr misses her only best friend Violet very much, but Violet wants to have other friends and do things on her own too. Not just lonely, Jr feels the lack of confidence to reach out to others and say how she feels. But a new teacher appears with a set of magical magazines that helps her find her voice not only as a person but as an author.
It's set in New York and full of great cultural, local, and art references.
The first chapters aren't very focused and precise on what is happening or what the story will be about, but once we're focused on the magazines' powers we get excited to see what she can do with them not only to help herself but to help others too.
We get to accompany close Jr ups and downs. Sometimes she has a very adult perspective of the world around her. This challenges middle graders who love to read about older, clever, and knowledgeable characters whom they aspire to emulate. Also, older and more demanding readers will still be drawn to this book. As an adult and educator, I loved it. My favorite chapter was the sleepover. This challenges middle graders who love to read about older, clever, and knowledgeable characters whom they aspire to emulate. Also, older and more demanding readers will still be drawn to this book. As an adult and educator, I loved it. My favorite chapter was the sleepover.
I wish middle grades were a thing when I was younger to give me answers while I was growing up, but I'm glad they can help my students now. I recommend this book to librarians and educators.
Thank you, NetGalley and Christy Ottaviano Books for the ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.