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This Journal Belongs to Ratchet
Author(s): Nancy Cavanaugh (Author)
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
- Publication Date: 1 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1402281064
- ISBN-13: 9781402281068
Book Description
A new tale that just goes to show: Heroes, and their stories, can come in all shapes and sizes. Ratchet is an 11-year-old girl who knows nothing about clothes, but everything about spark plugs and pistons. She s homeschooled by her mechanic father who s a bit of a hippy, and with her mother long dead, Ratchet is sure she ll never belong anywhere. Ratchet tricks her dad into letting her take a Get Charmed class where she can learn about fashion. But it s clear she doesn t fit in. Ratchet s struggles to become the person she was meant to be unfold through her homeschool language arts notebook. In her free-writing she shares her wish for an ordinary dad and regular school friends. In her poetry and diagrams she reassembles her memories of her mom. In her memos she writes about an unlikely friendship with a boy. And when she finds a mysterious box her dad has hidden, her notebook is there to hear the truths she wishes she d left hidden.
Editorial Reviews
Review
One of the freshest new voices I’ve heard in a while, 11-year-old Rachel (AKA Ratchet) is handy with tools, homeschooled, and the kind of vulnerable kid you’d love know. A book for young readers to enjoy, discuss, then read all over again, this debut novel is a winner. –Augusta Scattergood
About the Author
NANCY J. CAVANAUGH has a B.S. in Education and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, and has published multiple articles, poems, columns, and stories. She is an active member of SCBWI with fifteen years experience as an elementary and middle school teacher in the Chicago area. She currently works as a Library Media Specialist at an elementary school. Nancy lives in Tarpon Springs, FL with her husband and daughter.
