Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again

By Christine Read

A girl with a secret must face her fears to fit in at a new school.

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224 pages

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Queenie, a ten-year-old with ADHD, moves to a flashy Vancouver suburb, eager to fit in at her new school. Her vibrant personality clashes with the cool crowd, and her secret diagnosis makes her feel out of place. As she concocts wild plans to win friends, Queenie must confront her biggest fear: delivering a speech that reveals her true self to everyone. Will she find acceptance or remain an outsider?

From the publisher

When ten-year-old Queenie and her family move from small-town Ontario to a glitzy suburb of Vancouver, she is desperate to fit in and make a best friend for the first time in her life. With her creativity and bubbly personality, Queenie arrives at Western Canada Preparatory School ready to win over her classmates and conquer the world. But even before the first bell rings, she finds herself in trouble.From always being late to talking out of turn to never being able to focus, Queenie stands out like a sore thumb, especially among the cool girls she wants to impress. Hardest of all, she has a secret. She’s been diagnosed with ADHD, and she hates how different it makes her feel. After she struggling to navigate her new world, dreaming up ill-advised schemes to make the other kids like her, she must face her greatest fear of all: making a speech in front of the whole school that will show everyone her true self.

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