If you would like to buy this book on Amazon, click here. Taking Up Space by Alyson Gerber Spring 2021 Online Preview Scholastic 174K subscribers Subscribe 9 1.6K views 2 years ago Sarah loves basketball more than anything. Learning to ask for help and being kind to yourself are themes that will resonate with everyone.Ĭons: The seventh grade kids seemed preternaturally adept at dealing with their emotions and conflicts with one another. Pros: Readers who have been diagnosed with ADHD, or know someone who has, will find this book enlightening and comforting. Focused by Alyson Gerber (the author of Braced) is on sale March 2019. With support from her friends, family, and counselors, Clea seems well on her way to success going forward. Scholastic 166K subscribers A story of a girl caught between her love of chess and her ADHD for 8- to 12-year-old readers. She has an MFA from The New School in Writing for Children and lives in New York City with her family. Her third novel, Taking Up Space, will be in stores on May 18, 2021.

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Clea’s passion is chess, and staying on the team motivates her to do well in school. Alyson Gerber is the author of the critically acclaimed, own-voices novels Braced and Focused published by Scholastic. Alyson Gerber is the author of Focused, a novel about a girl caught between her love of chess and her ADHD. Alyson Gerber (Author), Cassandra Morris (Narrator), & 1 more 288 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial From the author of the critically acclaimed Braced comes a story of a girl caught between her love of chess and her ADHD. As she begins to better understand how her brain works, she learns to ask for help when she needs it and use new strategies to help her succeed. Alyson Gerber is the author of critically-acclaimed novels BRACED, FOCUSED, and TAKING UP SPACE published by Scholastic. Her diagnosis both scares and relieves Clea. Her parents and teachers have noticed, too, and after a few failed assignments, they decide to get her tested for ADHD.

This year she’s more aware than ever of how her racing thoughts, distractibility, and tendency to blurt out whatever she’s thinking are affecting her at school, both academically and socially. Summary: Clea’s managed to do okay in school until she hits seventh grade.

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