Fifth grader Patrick Lowe loves to draw. While he fills sheet after sheet with beautiful drawings, he imagines he is the indomitable White Knight, far removed from the problem that haunts him at school: he can't read. When he tries, the words blur, and he feels like he's suffocating. As a result, many of Patrick's classmates think he's stupid-and Patrick believes them. Then Celina moves into the house next door. She likes to read so much that her face glows whenever she picks up a book. Can Celina prove to Patrick that he really is smart, or will a crisis prove her wrong? Just Call Me Stupid is a Florida Sunshine State Young Reader's Award-winner. Tom Birdseye's perceptive and heart-warming stories of childhood are on school reading lists across the country. Birdseye's realistic writing style and narrator Johnny Heller's emotional narration are an irresistible combination.
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"In the 4th grade I wrote a short story and won a contest with it. I was able to go and meet a few authors and even speak to some of them. Tom Birdseye was one of the authors there and I bought "Just call me stupid" on that day & he signed it (:" — Florencia (4 out of 5 stars)
"In the 4th grade I wrote a short story and won a contest with it. I was able to go and meet a few authors and even speak to some of them. Tom Birdseye was one of the authors there and I bought "Just call me stupid" on that day & he signed it (:"
" Wow, what an amazing book! I couldn't put it down. It was fascinating and heartbreaking to see the struggles this kid faced. It reminds me what not to do and also what to do as a future teacher. "
" This book really opened your eyes to how it feels to be a struggling reader. The most important thing that I learned from this book was to not give up on your students and to always believe in them. "
" A wonderful book about a boy who wants so much to read but just can't!! A boy who wants a friend and finally gets one and so much more! "
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.
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