All of her life Emma has been homeschooled. For her fifth grade year, however, she decides to give public school a try. Her older brother Owen began public school the previous year and adjusted well (He is full of advice!). The truth is, she misses him and their days together. Homework, his friends and sports occupy most of his attention.
The night before she begins public school her father, a game warden, receives a phone call concerning a rabbit stuck in a woman's fence. When she and her father go to rescue it, they soon realize that this rabbit was someone's pet. They take it to the animal shelter, but no one has reported a rabbit like this one. With a bit of persuasion, Emma convinces her father to allow her to keep the rabbit until someone claims it.
The book focuses on Emma adjusting to public school, making friends, and discovering what kind of friend she wants to be. Jack, a student in Emma's class, is autistic.
The fifth grade pettiness annoyed me (but Ms. Lord is accurately portraying this tumultuous time!).
I appreciated Ms. Lord's insight about her inspiration for the book.
*Highly recommended by my nine year old.
-Borrowed from the library.
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