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Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
by Lauren Tarshis
Details
Pages
224
Word Count
29252
Lexile
870L
AR
5.2
Grade Level
G3 - G4
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Summary
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 Emma-Jean gets a glimpse into what it is really like to be a seventh grader. And what she finds will send her tumbling out of a tree and questioning why she ever got involved in the first place.
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