about Average

From Barnes & NobleJordan Johnston might be described as a human median. Average in every way, this so-so looking mid-teen tends towards C's in school and invisibility in most other places. Impatient with her self-perceived mediocrity, she composes a list of the gifts, talents, and attributes that she doesn't have. When this tally is snatched by her bullying sister, Jordan begins a resolute quest for emotional survival. Andrew Clements (Frindle, Extra Credit, Lost and Found) has written another thoughtful novel of problems that young readers really do face.





Publishers WeeklyClements adds to his canon of school stories with this thoughtful novel about an earnest and introspective girl who longs to wrap up her sixth-grade year "in a blaze of glory, a flash of triumph, a burst of superstardom.