Gertie's Leap to Greatness
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780374302610
Pages
249 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Gertie is a girl on a mission to be the best fifth grader ever in order to show her estranged mother that Gertie doesn't need her--not one bit!
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Legal guardianship; Seperation; separated parents; aunt raising niece
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
aunt and father
Awards
Best of the Best Books, 2016
Booklist Editors Choice: Books for Youth, 2016
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017-2018
Nominee
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Keywords
school; family; abandoment; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Beasley, Kate, "Gertie's Leap to Greatness" (2016). Diverse Families. 860.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/860