![]() This in turn starts Zoey on a path towards being able to label and combat some of the toxic behavior happening at home. R., herself a first generation college graduate, to convince Zoey to join the debate club, even though this involves making alternate arrangements for care for her younger siblings. Rochambeau, gives her the assignment to write about what animal she’d want to be. ![]() This resolve cracks when an especially kind teacher, Ms. She doesn’t have time for homework, and she feels it’s better not to raise expectations by doing it. It’s her job to keep the kids out of the way her mother’s boyfriend Lenny and his father, who spends the day in his recliner smoking and watching angry news. At home, she takes care of her three younger siblings while her mother works at a waitress at the pizza parlor. Seventh grader Zoey mostly keeps her head down on the bus and at school. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden. ![]() Here’s another author from my Kidlitcon panel, which I’m posting from the airport on my way to Providence! ![]()
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