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Walker, Melissa

Why Can't I Be You

199 pp. | HarperCollins/Harper | June, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-256720-8 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-256722-2
(2) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Claire's best friend Brianna moves into a mansion; Claire, who lives in a trailer park, feels envious. Brianna's just-slightly-older cousin's visit adds to Claire's sense that she's been left behind. This sensitive friendship story is honest about the potential for economic disparities to compound the other challenges of fitting in, and gives depth to its affluent, popular secondary characters. Hand to fans of character-driven preteen tales.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2018

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