Forget Me Not
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Disabilities
3.7
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Ellie Terry
Astronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is--an interesting person and a good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother's new relationship and the fact that they might be moving--again--just as she starts to make friends and finally accept her differences.Ellie Terry's affecting debut will speak to a wide audience about being true to oneself.
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Author
Ellie Terry
Pages
250
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Published Date
2017-03-14
ISBN
1250096286 9781250096289
Ratings
Google: 5
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"<strong>Insanely creepy and unbelievably boring </strong><br/><br/>So did this author watch Surviving R. Kelly and think it was a romance? Hunter is a CEO of a pharmaceutical company and he meets Bea while she is on a school field trip. A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP!!!! He immediately pulls her aside to ask her out and that begins their relationship. So he's 25 and she's 17. Disgusting. The author tries to tell us this okay because of age of consent and the fact that he doesn't actually take her virginity until she turns 18. What a good guy. This is so disturbing and gross. However, not one person, not even her parents have an issue with this grown man praying on a high school girl. Okay then. So she dumps him because she heard a rumor. Mature. Then he manipulates a crazy scenario that forces her to work with him her freshman of college. About 35% of this book is just talking about getting some new FDA guidelines approved and you can't imagine how boring it is. On top of that, every character sounds exactly the same. No one has a personality and they all talk in a weird, robotic way. It's like the author wrote the dialogue entirely through predictive text. Just please stay far away from this error filled trip down Pedophilia Avenue. Not one interesting thing happens in this book. It's awful and creepy."
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Travis Peak
"Well then...<br/><br/>This is gonna be the longest review I've written in a while:<br/><br/>I like this author's writing, and I know this is probably not going to be the last book of hers I pick up even if it's the first. <br/><br/>(Although, sadly none of her other books are in audio so it will be unlikely. I mostly, if not ONLY read through audiobooks.)<br/><br/>I genuinely appreciate her writing.<br/><br/>And this was supposed to be easily a 4 or 5-star book, because the author is very talented, and her words just melt in your ears, (strictly audio listener here) and her story flow is smooth, but there is a big BUT coming.<br/><br/>I haven't cared for a book's "message" since High School. I read now and will continue to read for my own enjoyment and not be "taught" something.<br/><br/>BUT for some reason, I feel like this book was trying to teach me that cheating is okay lol. Out of all the lessons..."
"This story is told in verse and was very pleasant to listen to as an audiobook. The only reason I even borrowed it was because I knew I could finish it in an hour and a half, but I truly ended up enjoying it. I've never read a book from the perspective of someone with Tourette's, and wasn't really familiar with how it worked. I've also never listened to an audiobook in verse before and need to listen to more. Also <i>also</i>, contemporary middle grade is another thing I forgot I was missing.<br/><br/>Btw I never kept in contact with a single friend who moved away in middle school. Haha"
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Emily
"Read this in school after i got it from a book fair. great book. i could vividly imagine each scene in my head!"
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Atticus