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The miscalculations of Lightning Girl / Stacy McAnulty.
Four years ago a lightning strike made Lucy, now twelve, a math genius. After years of homeschooling, her grandmother enrolls her in middle school and she learns that life is more than numbers.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524767570
- ISBN: 9781524767587
- Physical Description: 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | 530L Lexile Decoding demand: 96 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 75 (high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 7.0 195064. |
| Awards Note: | Nominee: Young Hoosier Book Award, 2020-2021: Middle Grades (6-8). |
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| Attica PL - Attica | JF MCANULTY, STACY (Text) | 74231000120926 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Surviving a lightning strike that has given her genius-level math skills, 12-year-old Lucy is offered entry into college but reluctantly takes her grandmother's advice to attend one year of middle school, make a friend, join a club and read a non-math book. A first middle-grade novel by the author of the Dino Files chapter books. Simultaneous eBook. - Random House, Inc.
<b>A lightning strike gave her a super power...but even a super genius can't solve the problem of middle school. This smart and funny novel is perfect for fans of <i>The Fourteenth Goldfish</i>, <i>Rain Reign</i>, and <i>Counting by Sevens</i>.</b><br><br>Lucy Callahan was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but it changed her life forever. The zap gave her genius-level math skills, and ever since, Lucy has been homeschooled. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school!<br><br>Lucy's grandma insists: Go to middle school for 1 year. Make 1 friend. Join 1 activity. And read 1 book (that's not a math textbook!). Lucy's not sure what a girl who does calculus homework for fun can possibly learn in 7th grade. She has everything she needs at home, where nobody can make fun of her rigid routines or her superpowered brain. The equation of Lucy's life has already been solved. Unless there's been a miscalculation?<br><br>A celebration of friendship, Stacy McAnulty's smart and thoughtful middle-grade debut reminds us all to get out of our comfort zones and embrace what makes us different.<br><br><b>AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A </b><b><i>KIRKUS REVIEWS</i></b><b> BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br>"An engaging story, full of heart and hope. Readers of all ages will root for Lucy, aka Lightning Girl. No miscalculations here!" --Kate Beasley, author of <i>Gertie's Leap to Greatness</i>
