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Left Out (Looking for Normal) - Softcover

Book 1 of 2: Looking for Normal

Gill, Jean

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9791096459025: Left Out (Looking for Normal)
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9791096459025
Publisher: The 13th Sign, 2017

Synopsis

Being different isn’t easy but it can be exciting!

How well do you know your friends? Are they left-handed or right-handed? Are they left-brained or right-brained? And what difference does it make?

Shocked at discovering how left-handers are persecuted, Jamie ties her hand behind her back for a public protest in school. This does not go down well with the teachers.

Her best friend Ryan joins in but just when their campaign is working, Ryan’s mother drops a bombshell. She’s whisking him off from Wales UK to live back in America. There he faces bullying at its most deadly, and Jamie has to live from one email to the next, waiting to know whether her friend is hanging in there.

A modern classic of friendship and teen life, with all its pitfalls and challenges.

www.jeangill.com

 

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From the Author

Jean Gill's publications
 
Novels
The Troubadours Quartet
Book 4 Song Hereafter (The 13th Sign) 2017
Book 3 Plaint for Provence (The 13th Sign) 2015
Book 2 Bladesong (The 13th Sign) 2015
Book 1 Song at Dawn (The 13th Sign ) 2015
 
Someone to Look Up To: a dog's search for love and understanding (The 13th Sign) 2016
 
Love Heals
Book 2 More Than One Kind (The 13th Sign) 2016
Book 1 No Bed of Roses (The 13th Sign) 2016
 
Looking for Normal  (teen fiction/fact)
Book 1 Left Out (The 13th Sign) 2017
Book 2 Fortune Kookie (The 13th Sign) 2017
 
Non-fiction/Memoir/Travel
How Blue is my Valley (The 13th Sign 2016
A Small Cheese in Provence (The 13th Sign) 2016
Faithful through Hard Times (The 13th Sign 2018
4.5 Years - war memoir by David Taylor (The 13th Sign) 2017
 
Short Stories and Poetry
One Sixth of a Gill (The 13th Sign) 2014
From Bed-time On (National Poetry Foundation) 1996
With Double Blade (National Poetry Foundation) 1988
 
Translation (from French)
The Last Love of Edith Piaf - Christie Laume (Archipel) 2014
A Pup in Your Life - Michel Hasbrouck 2008
Gentle Dog Training - Michel Hasbrouck (Souvenir Press) 2008

Review

"A must for all left handers." AGL Review


" It was both a captivating story and educational. I loved learning about left handers and thought the idea of the characters using a newspaper to provide the info was very clever and not heavy-handed. The added lessons of prejudice, drinking, sexual abuse and being responsible for your actions all could very easily overdone but were done deftly. It was a lot of subjects to cover but worked." B.R.A.G. Medallion


"a great book that children and teens will enjoy as they learn about what it's like to live and be seen as different." Readers Favorite Award-winner (review:Vernita Naylor)


"Made me feel good about being left-handed." Emily, Shut Up and Read Vlogger


"Traveling on this journey of self-worth with Jamie was one I won't easily forget. Being a left-hander myself, I can relate to some of Jamie's real-life struggles... this was a light book that will leave you laughing in some parts and biting your fingernails in anticipation in the others." LitPick Student Book reviews


"As a parent and a teacher, I felt this book in my gut. It hits so close to home on more levels than I can count. I felt for all those kids, all those teachers and parents trying, failing and succeeding at doing the best they can," Anita Kovacevik, teacher and children's author, contributor to the international Inner Giant Anti-Bullying Project.
"A compelling story about friendship, its strength, and the unusual ways it develops." Rebecca P. McCray, The Journey of the Marked


"Jean Gill brings her magical storytelling skills to teens, to weave compelling and thought-provoking stories that will linger on in their minds well after the last page is read." Kristin Gleeson, author and children's librarian
"I would most definitely recommend this book to a friend because it is very interesting." Shaelan Scott, Teen Turf Reviewer for Readers Review Room


"This book was a short interesting read. It really moved me with how people will do every little thing they can to make what they believe get across to others." Charity Martinez, Teen Reviewer for 5 Girls Book Reviews

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Publisher
The 13th Sign
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 13 
9791096459025
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
192
Rating
  • 4.09 out of 5 stars
    23 ratings by Goodreads