
Written by Karen Spafford-Fitz
Part of the Orca Currents series
A teen mentoring a kindergartner senses trouble brewing in the little girl's family.
Fourteen-year-old Simone is new at school and short on friends until her class starts mentoring kindergartners. She grows close to her buddy, Lily, and begins to sense that something is wrong in Lily's family. With help from a reluctant classmate, Simone ends up a key witness when a parent tries to take Lily away. A short, fast-paced novel for reluctant readers.
Fourteen-year-old Simone is having trouble making friends at her new school when her leadership studies class is paired with kindergarten students to mentor throughout the school year. To her surprise, Simone enjoys the Kinderbuddy Project, and she develops a special friendship with her Kinderbuddy, Lily. But as the bond between Simone and her Kinderbuddy grows, she realizes that a crisis is looming in Lily's family. Simone calls upon Aaron, the reluctant heartthrob of the class, for help, and they become key witnesses to events neither of them could have predicted. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!
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