How Many Days Until Tomorrow? - Softcover

Janover, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597130605 ISBN 13: 9781597130608

Publisher: Goose River Press, 2000

Synopsis

HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL TOMORROW? 2001 Parents' Choice Award Josh is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia who spends the summer on a remote island in Maine with his teasing older brother Simon and grandparents he hardly knows. His "bug-eyed" grandfather (alias Grumps) rarely says a kind word. Living on Seal Island is torture until Josh realizes his own ingenuity. He captures a pet mouse, learns about seals and whales and meets a cute girl. In a dramatic, life-threatening emergency, Josh learns he is just as smart as his "gifted" older brother. He spends "the worst and the best" summer of his life on Seal Island, far out to sea off the coast of Maine. "I loved HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL TOMORROW?, but as a true test I had it reviewed by an expert, my 11-year-old daughter, Lucy. She wolfed it down like a delicious meal, and when she was done she pronounced it excellent. 'It's a super book, Dad. I hope lots of people read it.' I couldn't agree with Lucy more." -Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. author of Driven to Distraction "Josh is the kind of boy I wish every kid could meet...hard-working, sensitive, adventuresome, intelligent, and yes...dyslexic! Thanks to Caroline Janover for giving young people a great story and an even greater understanding of what it means to be dyslexic." -J. Thomas Viall, Former Executive Director, International Dyslexia Association "Janover has created a real flesh-and-blood protagonist. ...A fine novel that happens to have a dyslexic hero." -School Library Journal

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A Review...

"A few years ago this author wrote the book called, Josh, A Boy with Dyslexia. Later she wrote Zipper about a boy with attention deficits. Now she has written another book about Josh, who is now 12 and about to enter middle school. The tale takes place during the summer when Josh and his pesky older brother, who is a good student and knows everything, are sent to spend the summer on an island off the coast of Maine. Josh wants to leave immediately, plans to run off, but then stays because of his fondness for his grandmother. His feelings for his grandfather are not so positive. Josh has adventures, copes with his brother, learns to love and respect his grandparents, grows up a lot during this time, and even becomes a hero.

The characters are real. All children with dyslexia and a sibling probably experience their being 'know-it-alls' and wish them out of their lives. If they are lucky, they may have grandparents like this with much to offer of love, wisdom, and wise ways, who they can come to understand.

Josh's dyslexia is quite secondary to this story. He has pet crabs named Orton and Gillingham, occasionally mixes up syllables in words when he speaks. But he is a most appealing boy-one we would all like to know and to read more about. The title is wonderful. We all have known times when it seems as though it will be many days until tomorrow.

The book is suggested for grade 3 to 6. This is a story that parents may need to read with their children who have dyslexia, but one the children are likely to read again and again on their own. I enjoyed this book very much. I am sure that teenagers and other adults will like it, too." --Perspectives (Winter 2001; newsletter of the International Dyslexia Association)

About the Author:

Caroline Janover holds a master's degree in special education from both Boston University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is currently a Learning Disabilities Teacher/Consultant in the Ridgewood, New Jersey public school system. Her previous books include Zipper, the Kid with ADHD (Woodbine House, 1997) and The Worst Speller in Junior High. Janover has dyslexia and her books reflect her personal experience.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goose River Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1597130605
• ISBN 13: 9781597130608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168