Gravity+Brings+Me+Down

(Random House) - click on image to read an excerpt.
 * //Gravity Brings Me Down// by Natale Ghent **

Sioux Smith is a high school student who makes keen observations about her teachers and classmates. Her life is made complicated by her friendship with an elderly woman and by knowing a secret about a popular teacher.

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 * " ** I enjoyed the main character's sarcasm and criticism of high school cliques, and classroom dynamics. Based on my experience as a teacher, I found there to be quite a degree of truth to Sioux's observations and assessment of these nuances of high school life. I could also relate to how she disapproved of Mr. Chocko who was more concerned with being his students' friend rather than his students' teacher. Creepy! However, I was disappointed by the manner in which the majority of the conflicts were resolved as they seemed unrealistic, rushed, and inauthentic. Sioux is transformed by her relationship and experience with Miss Marple but the degree to which this changes her perspective on life is never fully developed or explained." ~ Ms. Khan