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"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)
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