Falling Over Sideways (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780545863247)

A new hilarious, honest, and hopeful novel from the author of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie

It's not easy being Claire. (Really.)Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse. And at home, nobody's really listening to her -- if anything, they seem to be more in on the joke than she is.Then into all of this (not-very-funny-to-Claire) comedy comes something intense and tragic -- while her dad is talking to her at the kitchen table, he falls over with a medical emergency. Suddenly the joke has become very serious -- and the only way Claire, her family, and her friends are going to get through it is if they can find a way to make it funny again.

Author: Jordan Sonnenblick
ISBN-10: 0545863244
ISBN-13: 9780545863247
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2016
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184768 / Falling Over Sideways


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2016 pg. 102
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2016
School Library Journal 07/01/2016 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2016 pg. 119
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Superior,Well Above Average