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Book SynopsisA Bank Street College of Education Best Children''s Book of the Year!
“Lester’s first-person narrative is honest and pure.” —Kirkus (starred review)
Perfect for fans of Fish in a Tree and Wonder, this uplifting debut novel from Mandy Davis follows space-obsessed Lester Musselbaum as he experiences the challenges of his first days of public school: making friends, facing bullies, finding his thing, and accidentally learning of his autism-spectrum diagnosis.
Lester’s first days as a fifth grader at Quarry Elementary School are not even a little bit like he thought they would be—the cafeteria is too loud for Lester''s ears, there are too many kids, and then there''s the bully.
Lester was always home-schooled, and now he’s shocked to be stuck in a school where everything just seems wrong. That''s
