Clementine - Sara Pennypacker

Can you imagine how hard it must be to be misunderstood at just 8 years old? Clementine knows all too well what this is like. Whether she is Paying Attention to everything that is going on outside during maths class, or Being Helpful and answering the principal's phone while she's alone in her office, she somehow always ends up being told to Think About The Consequences Of Her Actions. Can you imagine? You help a friend at school by cutting the glue out of her hair, and then giving her a snazzy haircut complemented by felt-tip pen highlights, and you get Told Off. You try your hardest to apologise to said friend's posh mum, but end up sounding like a Common Criminal. ...  Read the complete review