Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

Author: Lauren Tarshis

A heartwarming story from the author of the I SURVIVED series.Emma-Jean Lazarus is the smartest and strangest girl at William Gladstone Middle School. Her classmates don?t understand her, but that?s okay because Emma-Jean doesn?t quite get them either. But one afternoon, all that changes when she sees Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girl?s room. It is through Colleen that….Read More

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