It is term three of grade six & the peer group is paramount. Kaitlin has been best friends with Shelley forever, when suddenly she is dumped. How will Kaitlin handle this rejection?
I just re-read this book as I read it aloud to my 50 year 6 students. They loved it. It raised a lot of good conversations, not just about friendships between students, but also teacher-student and parent/grandparent-child relationships. My students would beg to hear more each day and I have never heard the room so silent. Some of what I had to read aloud the students felt was very risque - and they would 'oooh' or howl with laughter. A great book to kick off a year in grade 6!
This book meant a lot to me when I was younger and reading it again brought a lot of those emotions back. I love that it was written by mum and daughter <3
I think it was a good book for young girls to relate to when going through friendship changes like the main character experienced. I also think the second book in this series, "A Term in Grade Seven" also displayed some of the struggles young girls go through in school. I think that the books were good for girls as the same age as the main character, but if you get older and read the series it can become unexciting and predictable.
I still believe it was a fantastic book when i was younger.
I enjoyed this book, as a guy, because I think although I may not be able to relate to some of Kaitlyn's problems, reading this book still gave me the idea that I was actually the character, and the events and drama kept the story interesting the whole way through.