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Trout and Me
When a new troublemaker, Trout, arrives at school, Ben is soon diagnosed with ADD–just like Trout.
Ever since first grade, Ben’s been in trouble, even though he’s really not a bad kid. He just can’t seem to stop doing things that get him sent to the principal’s office. His parents and wise older sister, Meg, swear he’ll be fine in his own time, but when a new kid shows up in Ben’s fifth-grade class, he’s not so sure. Trout sticks to him like glue, and it’s clear from the start that Trout is a much bigger troublemaker than Ben ever was. So when Ben gets diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), just like Trout, and then has to take Ritalin, just like Trout, he’s not sure what to make of his friendship–especially when he starts to get a bad reputation. Is Trout’s badness rubbing off on him? Can Ben make people understand it’s the ADD, not Trout, causing the problems before it’s too late?
From the Hardcover edition.
Ever since first grade, Ben’s been in trouble, even though he’s really not a bad kid. He just can’t seem to stop doing things that get him sent to the principal’s office. His parents and wise older sister, Meg, swear he’ll be fine in his own time, but when a new kid shows up in Ben’s fifth-grade class, he’s not so sure. Trout sticks to him like glue, and it’s clear from the start that Trout is a much bigger troublemaker than Ben ever was. So when Ben gets diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), just like Trout, and then has to take Ritalin, just like Trout, he’s not sure what to make of his friendship–especially when he starts to get a bad reputation. Is Trout’s badness rubbing off on him? Can Ben make people understand it’s the ADD, not Trout, causing the problems before it’s too late?
From the Hardcover edition.
144 pages, Paperback
First published July 13, 2002
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Susan Richards Shreve
72 books85 followersAlso know as Susan Shreve. Received the following awards: Jenny Moore Award, George Washington University, 1978; Notable Book citation, American Library Association (ALA), 1979, for Family Secrets: Five Very Important Stories; Best Book for Young Adults citation, ALA, 1980, for The Masquerade; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for Social Studies and the Children's Book Council joint committee, 1980, for Family Secrets: Five Very Important Stories; Guggenheim award in fiction, 1980; National Endowment for the Arts fiction award, 1982; Edgar Allan Poe Award, Mystery Writers of America, 1988, for Lucy Forever and Miss Rosetree, Shrinks; Woodrow Wilson fellowships, West Virginia Wesleyan, 1994, and Bates College, 1997; Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation grant.
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November 14, 2024
I’m in G’s book club at school 🫥
November 9, 2014
May 18, 2011
Ini juga baca ulang sihh karena dulu udah baca and walau berkesan, gua juga lupaa ceritanya, wakakakakak..
*nasib2 kalo gampang lupa gini*
~.*.~
May 20, 2011
From the inside cover summary :
Ben's always been a good kid, it's just that things keep happening to him that get him sent to the principal's office. Starting in first grade, when he tried to flush Mary Sure Brigg's favourite teddy bear down the toilet after she made fun of his lisp. Now that he's in fifth grade, things are a little better, until the day Trout shows up in class. Trout doesn't have a last name, "just Trout" - he's got a red question mark tattooed on his chin, he looks like trouble, and the only person he wants for a friend is Ben. So what's a nice kid like Ben supposed to do when the bad new kid is stuck him like glue? Not much.
When Ben is diagnosed with ADD, just like Trout, and told he has to take Ritalin, just like Trout, Ben's afraid Trout's badness is rubbing off on him, just like Trout's question mark tattoo sometimes rubs off his chin. Soon, though, Ben enjoys being bad and starts concoting troublemaking schemes on his own. The fun ends all too soon, however, when the school and the parents decide something needs to be done about the boys. And it's up to Ben to come to his new friend's rescue and show everyone that Trout isn't all bad : he's just a kid. And Ben's just a kid, doing his best to do what's right.
Once again, the talented Susan Shreve has crafted a humorous and poignant novel about what it's like to be a kid, stuck in the middle, trying to make things work.
~.*.~
Ini juga baca ulang sihh karena dulu udah baca and walau berkesan, gua juga lupaa ceritanya, wakakakakak..
*nasib2 kalo gampang lupa gini*
~.*.~
May 20, 2011
From the inside cover summary :
Ben's always been a good kid, it's just that things keep happening to him that get him sent to the principal's office. Starting in first grade, when he tried to flush Mary Sure Brigg's favourite teddy bear down the toilet after she made fun of his lisp. Now that he's in fifth grade, things are a little better, until the day Trout shows up in class. Trout doesn't have a last name, "just Trout" - he's got a red question mark tattooed on his chin, he looks like trouble, and the only person he wants for a friend is Ben. So what's a nice kid like Ben supposed to do when the bad new kid is stuck him like glue? Not much.
When Ben is diagnosed with ADD, just like Trout, and told he has to take Ritalin, just like Trout, Ben's afraid Trout's badness is rubbing off on him, just like Trout's question mark tattoo sometimes rubs off his chin. Soon, though, Ben enjoys being bad and starts concoting troublemaking schemes on his own. The fun ends all too soon, however, when the school and the parents decide something needs to be done about the boys. And it's up to Ben to come to his new friend's rescue and show everyone that Trout isn't all bad : he's just a kid. And Ben's just a kid, doing his best to do what's right.
Once again, the talented Susan Shreve has crafted a humorous and poignant novel about what it's like to be a kid, stuck in the middle, trying to make things work.
~.*.~
July 18, 2010
A good kid who always gets in trouble meets a troubled kid who always gets in trouble. A pretty realistic view of the inflexibility of schools to deal with kids who don't fit the mold. Loving parents work as this kids safety net.
November 18, 2009
A boy's friendship with a boy with ADHD.
December 4, 2017
In the story Trout and Me, it has everything a person would want in a book. It has suspense to keep the reader engaged, and it talks about how having one difference can change a whole way a person will look at you. One of the best parts in the story is when Trout and Ben go to New York city for a day of fun! Then the worst part in the book is when all of the children's parents that were in Trouts class had a bad reputation for Trout. Since he had a bad reputation none of the kids parents wanted there son or daughter to talk or hang out with Trout. These were the best and worst parts in the story. Next is the theme of the story, the theme of the story is that you don't always want to judge a book by its cover. I would recommend this book to a person that has ever been in this situation before.
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