Still a Work in Progress (Paperback)

Jo Knowles

ISBN 10: 1536207373 / ISBN 13: 9781536207378

Published by Candlewick Press,U.S., Massachusetts, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. In a return to middle-grade fiction, master of perspectives Jo Knowles depicts a younger sibling struggling to maintain his everyday life when his older sister is in crisis.Noah is just trying to make it through seventh grade. The girls are confusing, the homework is boring, and even his friends are starting to bug him. Not to mention that his older sister, Emma, has been acting pretty strange, even though Noah thought shed been doing better ever since the Thing They Dont Talk About. The only place he really feels at peace is in art class, with a block of clay in his hands. As it becomes clear through Emmas ever-stricter food rules and regulations that shes not really doing better at all, the normal seventh-grade year Noah was hoping for begins to seem pretty unattainable. In an affecting and realistic novel with bright spots of humor, Jo Knowles captures the complexities of navigating middle school while feeling helpless in the face of a family crisis. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Still a Work in Progress (Paperback)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S., Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1536207373
• ISBN 13: 9781536207378
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In a return to middle-grade fiction, master of perspectives Jo Knowles depicts a younger sibling struggling to maintain his everyday life when his older sister is in crisis.

Noah is just trying to make it through seventh grade. The girls are confusing, the homework is boring, and even his friends are starting to bug him. Not to mention that his older sister, Emma, has been acting pretty strange, even though Noah thought she’d been doing better ever since the Thing They Don’t Talk About. The only place he really feels at peace is in art class, with a block of clay in his hands. As it becomes clear through Emma’s ever-stricter food rules and regulations that she’s not really doing better at all, the normal seventh-grade year Noah was hoping for begins to seem pretty unattainable. In an affecting and realistic novel with bright spots of humor, Jo Knowles captures the complexities of navigating middle school while feeling helpless in the face of a family crisis.

About the Author

Jo Knowles is the author of Read Between the Lines and See You at Harry’s as well as several other acclaimed young adult novels. She lives in Vermont with her family.