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Everything's Changed
From the best-selling author of Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie comes the latest story about ten-year-old Celie and the changes in her life.
Celie and her family have moved an hour away from her school and her friends, and the changes don't stop there. At her new school, Celie encounters harder homework and struggles to make friends. She's torn between energetic and intriguing Mary Majors Meade and sweet but shy Charlie Larken, two classmates who do not get along. On top of adjusting to her new school, Celie deals with changes at home when her forgetful Granny and a home nurse move into her family's apartment. When misunderstandings lead to a falling out between Celie's older sister Jo and her boyfriend, Celie is determined to make it right. However, her choices lead to a dangerous situation. Will Celie be able to handle all these new changes in her life?
Once more Celie turns to her diary, filling the pages with heartfelt and often humorous entries, notes, drawings, and pages from her top-secret spy notebook.
Celie and her family have moved an hour away from her school and her friends, and the changes don't stop there. At her new school, Celie encounters harder homework and struggles to make friends. She's torn between energetic and intriguing Mary Majors Meade and sweet but shy Charlie Larken, two classmates who do not get along. On top of adjusting to her new school, Celie deals with changes at home when her forgetful Granny and a home nurse move into her family's apartment. When misunderstandings lead to a falling out between Celie's older sister Jo and her boyfriend, Celie is determined to make it right. However, her choices lead to a dangerous situation. Will Celie be able to handle all these new changes in her life?
Once more Celie turns to her diary, filling the pages with heartfelt and often humorous entries, notes, drawings, and pages from her top-secret spy notebook.
176 pages, Hardcover
Published April 4, 2017
About the author
Julie Sternberg
9 books46 followersJulie Sternberg is the author of the best-selling LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE and its sequels. Her latest book, SUMMER OF STOLEN SECRETS, is a middle-grade novel coming out in 2021 from Viking. She also wrote THE TOP-SECRET DIARY OF CELIE VALENTINE series and the picture books BEDTIME AT BESSIE AND LIL’S and PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY. Her books have received a number of awards. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband; her younger daughter, who is almost but not yet old enough to abandon her; and her dog, Clementine, who basks in pools of sunlight in the apartment and occasionally heaves a deep sigh.
www.juliesternberg.com
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December 19, 2018
Alabama Camellia Award nominee grades 4-5. I think it will be a popular choice.
June 1, 2017
This book will appeal to upper elementary age fans of Diary of the Wimpy Kid books. The way the
character talks about her older sister, I expected the sister to be about 15, but she is only in the sixth grade.
This book is third in a series, but I felt that it could be picked up and read without any disorientation on the part of the reader.
character talks about her older sister, I expected the sister to be about 15, but she is only in the sixth grade.
This book is third in a series, but I felt that it could be picked up and read without any disorientation on the part of the reader.
July 4, 2017
Moving can be hard for anyone. Throw into the mix that your grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, will be living with you, and your sister is no longer your roommate, and you have no friends at the new school, and you have a seriously stressful situation!
July 22, 2017
I love Celie Valentine so incredibly much! Julie Sternberg is brilliant in presenting Celie's problems, friendship dynamics, and family life, from a fourth grader's perspective, level of maturity, and life experiences.
July 31, 2017
Great realistic fiction book for middle grade readers.
March 29, 2020
Rounded up from 4.5, but still--so fabulous! See http://www.eatreadandbemommy.com/2020... for details.
July 6, 2017
If you've enjoyed Sternberg's books such as Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, then you know what to expect. There are plenty of recognizable characters, some of them may even seem to have stepped out of your life and into the book. Celie is dealing with a lot of changes in her own life. Her grandmother's memory is not working well and the family moves to a different apartment so that they will have room for a a nurse to move in and help Granny. The move means a new school, leaving behind her old friends, and trying to make new ones. Unfortunately, one of the friends that Celie makes gets her into a lot of trouble with her sister, her parents...pretty much everyone. Celie will have to decide what is right and wrong and stand up for her beliefs about what makes a good friend.
For those who haven't tried any of the Celie stories yet, the books can be read on their own, or in order - whichever you prefer. No matter how you decide to approach the series, be prepared for some laughs and some moments of sympathy pain. Great realistic fiction for readers moving into chapter books.
I received a copy from the publisher for review purposes.
For those who haven't tried any of the Celie stories yet, the books can be read on their own, or in order - whichever you prefer. No matter how you decide to approach the series, be prepared for some laughs and some moments of sympathy pain. Great realistic fiction for readers moving into chapter books.
I received a copy from the publisher for review purposes.
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