This Girl Is Different

By: J. J. Johnson

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Synopsis: What happens when a girl, homeschooled by her counterculture mother, decides to spend her senior year in public school? First friendship, first love--and first encounters with the complexities of authority and responsibility. Evie is different. Not just her upbringing--though that's certainly been unusual--but also her mindset. She's smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: the Institution of School. It doesn't take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the ways she expected. It's also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn, failing to follow or even understand the rules, and proposing solutions that aren't welcome or accepted. Not one to sit idly by, Evie sets out to make changes. Big changes. The movement she starts takes off, but before she realizes what's happening, her plan spirals out of control, forcing her to come to terms with a world she is only just beginning to comprehend. J. J. Johnson's powerful debut novel will enthrall readers as it challenges assumptions about friendship, rules, boundaries, and power.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 316 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781504026796
Related ISBNs:: 9781561455782
Publisher:: Peachtree Publishers
Date of Addition:: 06/27/23
Copyrighted By:: J. J. Johnson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Education
Grade Levels:: Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade
Reading Age:: 14–17
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.