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An Important Middle Grade in Verse

Please Pay Attention by Jamie Sumner

February 27, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

Gosh, Please Pay Attention is a book that hurts in the best way. Bea is a sixth-grader with cerebral palsy who is Buddies with Josie, a kindergartner with anxiety, and best friends with Rani. Max is the school nurse, and also her foster mom who gave her her name because Bea’s neonatal room was decorated with Peter Rabbit before Max brought her home. Bea loves to draw and even gets in trouble for drawing places she shouldn’t, like her bedroom wall and classroom desk. But […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: cerebral palsy, chosen family, contemporary, Disability, disabled mc, Jamie sumner, mass shooting, middle grade, novel-in-verse, Realistic fiction, school shooting, trauma

LB's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry · Tags: cerebral palsy, chosen family, contemporary, Disability, disabled mc, Jamie sumner, mass shooting, middle grade, novel-in-verse, Realistic fiction, school shooting, trauma ·
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