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Dec 13, 2017Redheaded_Reader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Any time I see this book, I pick it up and read it. It's such a sweet story. Trisha has a learning disability (exactly what kind is never fully explained) that makes it so she cannot read. As a result, she is bullied by other children and she hates school. That changes when her teacher, Mr. Falker, becomes aware of her situation. He comes to her defense and helps her get the assistance she needs. Plot twist: this is actually a story about Patricia Polacco herself! In a blurb at the very end, she describes an instance where she ran into her former teacher many years later. He asked her, "What do you do for a living?" "I write books for children!" she replied, which is something she could never have done if she had not learned to read. This is a powerful and emotional story about how one person can make such a huge impact on another's life, and by extension, the many others that they touch, too.