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Beasley, Kate

Gertie's Leap to Greatness

250 pp. | Farrar | October, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30261-0 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-374-30262-7
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. Gertie lives with her great-aunt in coastal Alabama while her father works on an oil rig. She wants to become the "greatest fifth grader in the whole...universe" in order to prove something to her absentee mother and to herself; standing in her way is the prissy new girl at school. Slice-of-life fans should enjoy the homespun humor. Personality-rich illustrations help set the scene.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2016

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