Concord, NH --More than 12 million
students are either in the seventh grade, or will be entering it
in the next two years. And, a new book published this week says that it’s the boys who
are at a disadvantage. Surviving Seventh Grade, by Glenn K.
Currie provides a humorous
and informative look at this environment from the viewpoint of a thirteen-year-old boy,
just in time for the holidays.
Whether it is called junior high
or middle school, the world changes as they move fromthe
cloistered classrooms of grade school, to a larger, more complex society, and
deal with the
hormonal earthquakes of puberty. Surviving Seventh Grade follows
Snobby Donna, Billy and Glenn from their
adventures in A Boy’s First Diary to
a whole set of new
issues: A trip that takes them from “rulers” of grade school, to a status just
below the bottom of
a meadow muffin. Because of the broad nature of the book’s appeal, it makes an ideal
gift for children of all ages.
Currie is a prize-winning poet and
humorist who works closely with the Children’s Literacy Foundation in a variety of school programs in New
Hampshire. He has also been a
featured speaker at many events where he mixes humor with an emphasis on the critical
importance of ensuring that our children develop good reading and writing
skills at an
early age.
About the book:
Surviving Seventh Grade
by Glenn Currie
ISBN: 978-0-9779675-7-5
Publisher: Snap Screen Press
Date of publish: December 2012
My Thoughts: I was expecting (and hoping) that Glenn Currie would be the Shel Silverstein for middle school but I was disappointed. Only a few of the poems were funny and there were inappropriate topics. I'm glad I previewed this book before handing it to my 7th grade son - he has no reason to read about how to unhook bras.
This book was provided to me through Bostick Communications; I received no monetary compensation for my review.
1 comment:
eek!!! doesn't sound like a book I'm too interested in :( thanks for an honest review.
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