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Worst Speller in Jr. High

by Caroline Janover · 1995

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Starting out in the seventh grade, Katie Kelso finds herself trying to cope with her dyslexia and form a friendship with a very bright boy at school, while she and her family deal with her mother's cancer diagnosis.

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cancercancerMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of this
Setting
schoolschoolMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 212 pages

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