Forget Me Not (utgåvan 2018)

The book Forget Me Not shows the hardest challenge many kids struggle today with , fitting in .The book really captures students trying to hide who they are in order to fit in. Calliope June loves astronomy and but suffer with a syndrome that has her make funny noises and faces she doesn't mean to make. While enter a new school due the move with her mother she tries too had her special characteristic. The book would connect greatly when trying boost students confidence as well learning to read higher level books. ( )

Calliope is a 12 year old girl living with Tourette Syndrome. She and her mom move a lot and it is tough to make new friends while she is trying to hide her Tourette symptoms. This novel, written in verse, tells of Calli's time in St. George Utah where she meets a new friend, Jinsong, stands up to bullying and finds the strength to be her true self. It is a good story about courage and standing out. ( )

Quick read.Young teens life with Tourettes. Poems from her perspective. ( )

The book alternates between Calliope Jun and Jinsong. Calliope is on her tenth move. Her mom has a habit of picking up after breaking up. As the family settles in St. George, Utah, Callie meets Jinsong. She has tourettes but doesn't tell anyone, her strategy is to wear wacky outfits to school to hide her ticks. That doesn't work.
I liked Callie finding her voice and her moxie and following her own counsel for copying strategies that actually work. Jinsong also grows from trying to fit in to following his own moral compass, even if it doesn't mesh with the popular crowd. A quick read with strong characters. ( )

It was Okay ( )