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I liked this book for multiple reasons. First, I enjoyed how this book was paced. The author could have spent less time on the students bullying Trisha and more time on Mr. Falker teaching her how to read. However, she chose not to which helps the reader really feel how Trisha feels when the students bully her and makes Mr. Falker’s actions so much more meaningful. Secondly, this book pushes readers to think about tough issues; in this book Trisha is being bullied. Students can think about how Trisha felt, and about Eric’s, the bully’s, actions to help them understand that bullying is not nice and is not ok to do to other people. Additionally, it shows that it is ok if you take longer to learn to read or solve problems in math, everyone can

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