Surviving Fourth Grade

by TravisAnn Sherman

Eloise’s parents have just divorced, her mother is marrying a really nice guy, and she’s reentering the school where all her friends are. What could go wrong? A lot. She got way behind academically in Florida schools. Her old friends seem to have forgotten her. And the really nice new stepdad believes in strict discipline.
Worse is the brain damage lurking in her temporal lobe. The kind that causes epilepsy. The world she’s now finding herself in stinks. Luckily, she’s found a new and improved version. It’s called The Land of Oz, and she’s got a ticket.

71 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2018

Reviews

[Lucille · Rating 4 out of 5]

When this was recommended by a friend I thought this might be meant for young readers, a category not on my shelf for many years. If it is that, it works as a story of Eloise, a young girl not quite like her four siblings, all of them coping with a new stepfather. She reads. A lot! You'll enjoy all her references to childhood favorites. Then her life really takes a turn when she is stricken with fainting spells which turn out to be something quite serious.

I grew up with the same number of siblings and probably close to the same time as the author, so many of Eloise's thoughts and actions are familiar. So this is also a book for adults who will surely remember sharing some of the emotions, school experiences, and friendship travails of this little girl.

[Travis Sherman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deals with the onset of epilepsy in a young girl living in a dysfunctional family in the 1950s.

[Carol Chapman-Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story telling. I recommend this book to everyone. Hope more books are on their way. That’s all I have to add.

[charles c. forsyth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this sweet book! Wished it didn't end. What to write a twenty word review to be able to submit

Sweet book, wished it didn't end. I have to come up with twenty words in order to submit. I did it.