After All, You're Callie Book

Winnie Mack

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Realistic Fiction

Diving Fiction.
Friendship Fiction.
Interpersonal relations Fiction.

The summer before sixth grade isn’t going well for 11-year-old Callie. Her best friend has dumped her, she has been banned from the community pool after ignoring the rules, and now she is stuck doing chores in her chaotic home, surrounded by her parents, two brothers, two dogs, Grandma, and Uncle Danny and his ferrets. On the positive side, a new neighbor, skater-boy Hoot, offers friendship, but she worries that people will think that he is her boyfriend. Then her beloved father becomes ill, and as she gains new perspective and insights, she learns to look beyond herself, stop worrying about what others think, and discover the meaning and value of family and true friendship. Readers may find Callie’s lively, first-person voice sometimes tedious and melodramatic, partly due to the abundance of italics that pepper her narration. Still, Callie’s process of self-discovery is realistic and appealing, as are the story's themes about the importance and rewards of compassion and support. 

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