Child Author Project - Happiness

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

Replay

Alabama

Loneliness

Shimmy

The One Year Did You Know Devotions

Binny for Short

Jo could never have guessed that the friendship she so desperately craves would come in the shape of a severely disabled boy. He can’t even speak. Maybe it is because he can’t speak that she finds herself telling him how difficult it is living with her eccentric, mentally fragile mother.

Behind Chris’ lopsided grin and gigantic blue wheelchair is a real person — with a sense of humour, a tremendous stubborn streak and a secret he has kept from everyone.

For a while it seems life may actually get better. But as Jo finds out just how terrible life is for Chris, and as her own life spirals out of control, she becomes desperate to change things for both of them. In a dramatic turn of events, Jo makes a decision that could end in tragedy.

This is the story of how an unusual friendship unlocks the words that neither knew they had.

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Child Author Project - Happiness

Jessica Prime, Jen Parker, Kate Worrall, 2019

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

Jennifer L. Holm, Elicia Castaldi, 2012

Replay

Sharon Creech, 2005

Alabama

Marylou Morano Kjelle, 2003

Loneliness

Meg Gaertner, 2022

Shimmy

Anne Cateaux, 2021

The One Year Did You Know Devotions

Nancy S. Hill, 2008

Binny for Short

Hilary Mckay, 2013