Harper, Charise Mericle (2007). Just Grace. New York, NY : Houghton Mifflin Company.2008-2009 Bluebonnet Award Master List
Third-grader Grace Stewart ends up being called "Just Grace" because of a misunderstanding at school. Another chaotic misunderstanding takes over when Grace decides she needs to use her not-so-super power of empathy to help her neighbor-teacher Mrs. Luther reconnect with her cat "Crinkles."
I felt transported to when I was in third grade while reading Grace's adventures! Her thought process is similar to mine at the time! I always thought I had to be on the lookout to make someone else feel better and it always seemed to backfire on me, too!
The book was so funny that it had me giggling throughout! The well illustrated childish cartoons were my favorite part of the book since I have always been a closet sketcher. When I found out that Just Grace is a series, I was elated and I plan to keep on reading about her adventures! She reminds me so much of my nine-year-old self!
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