![]() ![]() Without including a spoiler in my review I'll mention several kids and a grownup parent both make similar mistakes that get amicably resolved by the end of the book, even the new kid finds a comfortable place in his third grade class in his new school. New kid in the classroom Khufu is sufficiently different from and very much more studious than the other kids to puzzle them even the teacher doesn't seem to quite understand everything about Khufu. Bicycles are the central subject of confusion and concern-how apt is that, in a world full of urban small boys? ![]() As my first from The Carver Chronicles series of chapter books for young readers, The New Kid has inspired me to read them all! The story's really quite simple-a few days in the lives of Carver elementary school friends and their families, along with too quick perceptions or misperceptions (judgments?) about objects and happenings from both kids and grownups. ![]()
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