Good Different
Good Different
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Good Different

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8 - 12
Reading age
288
Page count
93
Words per page
~800L
Lexile measure
Apr 4, 2023
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“The next Wonder. Good Different should be required reading.” – Good Morning AmericaAn extraordinary novel-in-verse for fans of Starfish and A Kind of Spark about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference.Selah knows her rules for being normal.She always, always sticks to them. This means keeping her feelings locked tightly inside, despite the way they build up inside her as each school day goes on, so that she has to run to the bathroom and hide in the stall until she can calm down. So that she has to tear off her normal-person mask the second she gets home from school, and listen to her favorite pop song on repeat, trying to recharge. Selah feels like a dragon stuck in a world of humans, but she knows how to hide it.Until the day she explodes and hits a fellow student.Selah’s friends pull away from her, her school threatens expulsion, and her comfortable, familiar world starts to crumble.But as Selah starts to figure out more about who she is, she comes to understand that different doesn’t mean damaged. Can she get her school to understand that, too, before it’s too late?This is a moving and unputdownable story about learning to celebrate the things that make us different. Good Different is the perfect next read for fans of Counting by 7s or Jasmine Warga.

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friendshipfeelings and emotionsschoolself controlsocial themesemotionsreaching your potential (self-actualization)self-perception

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781338816105
    Publication Date
    April 4, 2023
    Publisher
    Scholastic Press
    Page Count
    288
    Words Per Page
    93
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2022035391
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~800L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.1
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    4
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    518123
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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