Newbery Honor-winning author Cynthia Lord has written a sensitive and accessible book about the challenges of fitting in when you know you're a little different.
On the last night of summer, Emma tags along with her game warden father on a routine call. They're supposed to rescue a wild rabbit from a picket fence, but instead they find a little bunny. Emma convinces her father to bring him home for the night.

The next day, Emma starts public school for the very first time after years of being homeschooled. More than anything, Emma wants to make a best friend in school.

But things don't go as planned. On the first day of school, she's paired with a boy named Jack for a project. He can't stay on topic, he speaks out of turn, and he's obsessed with animals. Jack doesn't fit in, and Emma's worried he'll make her stand out.

Emma and Jack bond over her rescue rabbit. But will their new friendship keep Emma from finding the new best friend she's meant to have?

Newbery Honor-winning author Cynthia Lord has written a beautiful and sensitive book about being different and staying true to yourself.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 03/26/2019
ISBN: 9780545914246
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.81w x 0.81d

Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2019
Publishers Weekly 12/24/2018
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2019 pg. 90
Booklist 02/15/2019 pg. 54
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 100
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 500700 / Because of the Rabbit
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4