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Solving for m / Jennifer Swender ; illustrations by Jennifer Naalchigar.

Swender, Jennifer, (author.). Naalchigar, Jennifer, (illustrator.).

Summary:

I thought fifth grade at the middle school was going to make perfect sense. But now I'm not so sure. Besides writing poems in science and following the "no drawing" rule in art, we have to keep a journal...in math! Our teacher, Mr. Vann, says a math journal is a place to tackle challenging problems and process deep thinking. All I know is that it's a place where I can draw. When Mika's neat life starts getting messy, she realizes there are no easy answers and maybe Mr. Vann is on to something. Maybe a math journal can help you work out your problems, and not just the math ones. And maybe, when you have help from friends, family, and one unique teacher, it's okay that life's not nearly as predictable as numbers. Debut author Jennifer Swender delivers poignant prose and illustrator Jennifer Naalchigar brings Mika's journal to life in this perfect equation of honesty pluys hope that adds up to a heartwarming coming-of-age story. -- From dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781101932902
  • ISBN: 1101932902
  • ISBN: 9781101932919
  • ISBN: 1101932910
  • ISBN: 9781101932933
  • ISBN: 1101932937
  • Physical Description: 239 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2019]

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Target Audience Note:
730L lexile
Sentence length: 3 (medium) Word frequency: 4 (hard) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 6.0.

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Jennifer Swender was a classroom teacher for many years before turning to writing full-time. Her debut middle grade novel Solving for M is winner of the 2020 Mathical Book Prize, as well as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and finalist for the Land of Enchantment Book Award, the Georgia Children’s Book Award and the William Allen White Children’s Book Award. Together with Paul DuBois Jacobs, she is also the author of many picture books and early chapter books. When she’s not writing, Jennifer develops curriculum materials for students and teachers. She lives with her family in Massachusetts.
 

Jennifer Naalchigar has been dreaming and doodling in her diaries from a young age--just like Mika. Unlike Mika, Jennifer showed limited promise in math, but she has thoroughly enjoyed exploring Mika's personality and reflecting her thoughts, fears, and dreams through her diary entries.

After working in publishing for several years, Jennifer turned her attention to illustrating full-time. She lives in Hertfordshire, England, with her husband and daughter.

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