8th Grade Super Zero - Rilegato

Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola

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ISBN 10: 0545096766 ISBN 13: 9780545096768

Casa editrice: Arthur a Levine, 2010

Riassunto

After half-heartedly joining his church youth group’s project at a homeless shelter near his Brooklyn middle school, eighth-grade "loser" Reggie McKnight is inspired to run for school office on a platform of making a real difference in the community.

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Publishers Weekly. Starred Review. Rhuday-Perkovich delivers a masterful debut, telling a layered middle-school tale filled with characters who are delightfully flawed and, more importantly, striving to overcome those flaws. Reggie McKnight has been saddled with the nickname Pukey” thanks to a disastrous incident on the first day of school. Attempting to get through the rest of the year unnoticed, he spends his time with his best friends, political activist Ruthie (who shares Reggie's Jamaican background) and aspiring rapper Joe C. While working on a project at a homeless shelter with his church's youth group, he becomes increasingly interested and involved in the community, leading to his participation in his school's presidential race, first as an adviser to a classmate, eventually as a candidate. Rhuday-Perkovich doesn't take shortcuts, forcing Reggie to deal with a world in which he doesn't always get the answers or successes he wants, and the book shines as a result. Messages of social justice whether through church projects, parental discussions, or recognition of racial biases among his friends complement the story and characters, rather than upstage them. Ages 10 14. (Jan.)

Kirkus Reviews. Though he imagines himself a superhero, Reginald McKnight threw up on the first day of school and acquired the less-than-cool nickname Pukey” now, he just wants survive the year under the radar and on the sidelines.” Readers might legitimately fear this will be just another middle-school tale of plastic vomit, puke-worthy” cafeteria food and snorting milk out of nostrils, but when Reggie gets involved with a service project at the Olive Branch Shelter to document the lives of the homeless, he realizes that [e]ighth grade isn't all there is to life.” When Reggie runs for class president, his platform becomes getting students involved in the community, with the shelter as a good place to start as tutors, painters, babysitters, walking partners and after-school helpers. A good-hearted, nuanced story of a young man who dares to be more than his place in a middle-school social hierarchy, a tale rooted in religious faith and social conscience, related with lively good humor. (Fiction. 10-14)



Kirkus Reviews.

Though he imagines himself a superhero, Reginald McKnight threw up on the first day of school and acquired the less-than-cool nickname \u0022Pukey\u0022 -- now, he just wants survive the year \u0022under the radar and on the sidelines.\u0022 Readers might legitimately fear this will be just another middle-school tale of plastic vomit, \u0022puke-worthy\u0022 cafeteria food and snorting milk out of nostrils, but when Reggie gets involved with a service project at the Olive Branch Shelter to document the lives of the homeless, he realizes that \u0022[e]ighth grade isn't all there is to life.\u0022 When Reggie runs for class president, his platform becomes getting students involved in the community, with the shelter as a good place to start -- as tutors, painters, babysitters, walking partners and after-school helpers. A good-hearted, nuanced story of a young man who dares to be more than his place in a middle-school social hierarchy, a tale rooted in religious faith and social conscience, related with lively good humor. (Fiction. 10-14)

L'autore

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich grew up in the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya, and studied writing with Paula Danziger and Madeline L'Engle. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her on the web at www.olugbemisola.com.

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• Editore: Arthur a Levine
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0545096766
• ISBN 13: 9780545096768
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 324