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Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen
Maple Mehta-Cohen has a secret: she can't read very well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder--especially the adventures of a daring sleuth who's half Indian and half Jewish like Maple herself--but words on the page just don't seem to make sense to her. Despite all Maple's clever tricks, her teacher is on to her, and now Maple has to repeat fifth grade. Maple is devastated--what will her friends think? So she uses her storytelling skills to convince her classmates that she's staying back as a special teacher's assistant. But as Maple navigates the loss of old friendships, the possibility of new ones, and her reading challenges head-on, her deception becomes harder to keep up. Can Maple begin to recognize her own strengths and love herself--and her brain--just the way she is? In a paperback edition with an eye-catching cover, this heartwarming story and its bright, creative heroine will have special appeal to readers who have faced their own trials with school and friendships.
Book Details
- Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
- Publish Date: Sep 19th, 2023
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.72in - 5.51in - 0.87in - 0.55lb
- EAN: 9781536224757
- Recommended age: 09-12
- Categories: • Disabilities• Social Themes - Peer Pressure
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Praise for this book
--School Library Connection (starred review)
Poignant. . . For young people who struggle with reading or feeling different because of other academic issues, Maple is a welcome protagonist.
--School Library Journal
Maple's learning challenges and their impact on her emotional health are carefully and realistically rendered. So, too, is her heartwarming journey to shedding her secrets and embracing her true, flawed, wonderful self. Maple is a character that readers of all stripes will relate to. . . Warmly compassionate and often funny, Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen is an inspiring and comforting read.
--Bookpage
Frank and quirky. . . A layered, utterly readable novel.
--Kirkus Reviews
McGovern offers a compelling portrait of a girl struggling to come to terms with a new version of herself, the shame she feels at imagining her parents' disappointment and the valuable life lessons she learns about making friends and keeping them.
--The Buffalo News
Readers of all ages will empathize with Maple as she faces her troubles and learns a thing or two about truth, friendship and perseverance.
--The Florida Times-Union