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Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters
2020
First Published
3.66
Average Rating
280
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Fun, funny, and fully heartfelt. Everyone needs true-blue friends like Lizbeth's. SuperChicken for life. ―Kristin L. Gray, author of The Amelia Six and Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge One of those books that explores difficult topics―divorce, a new school, being dubbed a "weirdo"―with grace and good humor. ―Rebecca Petruck, author of Boy Bites Bug and Steering Toward Normal This hilarious and heartfelt gem is moving straight to my "favorites" shelf. ―Lisa Lewis Tyre, author of Last in a Long Line of Rebels and Hope in the Holler Twelve-year-old Lizbeth always has a plan, and those plans have usually worked―until now. No matter what she tries, she can't get rid of her dad's new girlfriend, Claire. And when she and her mom move, Lizbeth has to join a sixth-grade class already in progress, where her teacher makes her wear a name tag and she's seated with three notorious "weirdos." When faced with mandatory participation in a school talent show, Lizbeth and the Weirdos decide to create self portraits. Reluctantly, Lizbeth finds herself becoming friends with people she thought she had nothing in common with―and coming to terms with the things she can't control.

Avg Rating
3.66
Number of Ratings
67
5 STARS
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Author

Ginger Garrett
Ginger Garrett
Author · 15 books

Ginger Garrett is the author of the middle grade titles Name Tags and Other Sixth Grade Disasters (Carolrhoda Press) and The Last Monster (Delacorte Press/Random House) as well as other titles for women. A frequent media guest and television host, Ginger has been interviewed by Fox News, 104.7 The Fish Atlanta, and many other outlets. Ginger resides in Georgia with her husband, three children and her 27th rescue dog, Watson.

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