From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.But now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. Rick wants his own life to be that . . . understood. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones.As they did in their groundbreaking novel Melissa, in Rick, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world . . . and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be.Author: Alex GinoPublisher: Scholastic PressPublished: 04/21/2020Pages: 240Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.00dISBN: 9781338048100Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.1Point Value: 5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 508885 / RickReview Citation(s): School Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 64Booklist 02/01/2020 pg. 46Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2020Shelf Awareness 04/24/2020Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2020About the AuthorAlex Gino loves glitter, ice cream, gardening, awe-ful puns, and stories that reflect the diversity and complexity of being alive. Their first novel, Melissa, was a winner of the Children's Stonewall Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Children's Choice Book Award. For more about Alex, please visit them at alexgino.com.
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