FICTION

Ask Emma

by Sheryl Carrie Berk BERK
176p. (Ask Emma: Bk. 1). Yellow Jacket. May 2018. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781499806472.
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Gr 3–6—A contemporary, middle grade retelling of Jane Austen's Emma. Thirteen-year-old Emma Wood attends Austen Middle School and has a tendency to stick her nose into everyone else's business and offer unsolicited advice. In order to share her talents with a broader audience, she starts a blog, "Ask Emma." Unfortunately, her well-meaning interventions don't always go as planned and Emma soon finds herself on the receiving end of some harsh criticism. Undeterred, Emma works to turn a hurtful episode into a positive learning experience. Accessible writing and short chapters make this a comfortable read for middle graders interested in relatively lighthearted realism. Back matter includes resources on cyberbullying.
VERDICT A solid addition to larger collections, especially schools in which there is a focus on combatting cyberbullying.
Reviewed by Peggy Henderson Murphy, Wyandot Elementary School, Dublin, OH , Apr 01, 2018

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