![]() ![]() ![]() “At night I dreamed that I was writing my life. What is her friend Antonio talking about when he says he saw a porcupine eating red licorice? How is it that a new kid with an openhearted smile can transform an entire classroom? This is a story about the small events of a child’s life - presents arrive from Gina’s grandmother in Italy, neighbors move in and out, relatives visit - but through it all Gina discovers, thanks to Miss Lightstone, that she is a writer. 11/18) newest novel is an invitation to the reader, as much as it is to Gina, to see the world through fresh eyes. Few teachers or classmates have seen this as a gift until the new language arts teacher, Miss Lightstone, asks her students to think about the question “Who are you?” and later adds, “Who could you be?” With these two simple yet enormous questions, Gina begins to study and understand herself. Gina Filomena, eleven, has been told that she has an overactive imagination. Intermediate Cotler/HarperCollins 272 pp. ![]()
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