Roll with It

A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019

"A big-hearted story that's as sweet as it is awesome." --R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder

In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she moves to a new town.

Ellie's a girl who tells it like it is. That surprises some people, who see a kid in a wheelchair and think she's going to be all sunshine and cuddles. The thing is, Ellie has big dreams: She might be eating Stouffer's for dinner, but one day she's going to be a professional baker. If she's not writing fan letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she's practicing recipes on her well-meaning, if overworked, mother.

But when Ellie and her mom move so they can help take care of her ailing grandpa, Ellie has to start all over again in a new town at a new school. Except she's not just the new kid--she's the new kid in the wheelchair who lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. It all feels like one challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her first-ever friends. Now she just has to convince her mom that this town might just be the best thing that ever happened to them

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9781534442559
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/29/2019
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 119
Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019 pg. 118
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 505007 / Roll with It
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6