BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A. Holt

A heartwarming, laugh-out-loud novel-in-verse Soon, the kids win over Ms.

Celebrates different types of intelligence.

Each chapter is told through the perspective of one of the four students, who each write in a different style (art, verse, stream of consciousness).J tells them: they simply approach things in a different way than traditional school demands. But these kids aren't dumb-they're divergent thinkers, as Ms. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.From the author of Rhyme Schemer, House Arrest, and Knockout! The Kids Under the Stairs: BenBee and the Teacher Griefer is a funny, clever novel-in-verse series about Ben Bennet-who failed the Language Arts section of the Florida State test-and three classmates who get stuck in a summer school class. 8-13) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission. Well-developed characters populate a heartwarming tale. The text provides few physical descriptions, but two characters are cued by name as Latinx. The book takes on different formats representing the individual thinking patterns of the student narrators-free verse, stream-of-consciousness prose, and sketchnotes-along with school reports and chat logs, adding visual interest and reader appeal. Over time, the relationships they form change them all. In addition to loss, a shared feeling is frustration in trying hard and still not measuring up. Each young character has an expansive life outside the classroom that affects their academic performance and self-image. J procures computers for so-called typing practice-actually Sandbox chat-and the nontraditional learning begins.

Desperately wanting to connect with the kids, Ms. The four strike a deal with her: In exchange for reading out loud in class, Ms. J, continually reminds them that they are divergent learners, the kind of people who can change the world. While playing, they feel successful and competent, unencumbered by their individual diagnoses of dysgraphia, dyslexia, ADHD, and dysfluency. All share a love of the online game Sandbox that, á la Minecraft, promotes creative exploration. Three of them failed a Florida academic assessment test and the other has no scores since he was home-schooled and recently moved to the state. A foursome of rising seventh graders, three boys and one girl, are sentenced to summer school.

BenBee and the Teacher Griefer by K.A. Holt