Eleven-year-old Rodney is starting sixth grade in a new school, in a new home in a new state. The new school is really old and smells like someone ate a couple of pounds of glue and then barfed it back up, and he’s in a class with a bunch of kids who seem to sort of hate him. Even his best friend won’t write him back. It’s strange, because just a couple of months ago, Rodney was one of the most popular guys in his fifth-grade class. He lived in Las Vegas, with his mom, older sister and his dad, who was a successful professional poker player. Now his old life is over — his mom even says they shouldn’t tell anyone their real last name. Because of something his dad did. Or something people said that he did. His dad says it’s all a big misunderstanding, but he’s now staying in a center for people who are having problems, like being addicted to drugs or gambling, or because other people don’t understand that you are just funny and friendly and sometimes you give people hugs or put your arm around them and they accuse you of taking liberties and ruin everything. Rodney is confident that it won’t be long until the misunderstanding is all cleared up and they can all go back to their old life. But he can only keep the truth at bay for so long . . .
Me Three by Susan Juby
Pages: 240
Publishing Date: March 22nd, 2022
Publisher:Puffin Books
MY THOUGHTS
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The format of this book is different and I love different formats. The book is written in the letter format that is written by Rodney to his friend Larry. Rodney along with her mother and sister moved from Vegas to a small town in Arizona. His dad is famous for playing poker and hosting celebrities on his show but a few women claim that he is over touchy or something so he is living in a facility until things will get better. In the new town and school, Rodney is alone and don’t have any friend. People here have completely different interests.
Rodney is such a self-centered child for his age. He believes that his father is right and in denial mode. In any situation of reality check, he preferred to just leave that place/situation. He is also pretty judgemental about the new town and its residents. It was quite hard to root for him as letters were from his PoV and his denial nature was getting on my nerves. I just wanted to smack in his so he’ll start to see things clearly.
This story focused on sexual harassment which might be too much for a middle-grade/ children book but the author was able to keep a perfect balance without overdoing it. Despite Rodney being a difficult character, the book can educate children.
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