This could pair well with Libenson's Just Jaime, reviewed below, for a look at shifting middle-school identities and the strange chaos they bring. about others, our communities, and ourselves. When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in r. Audio Excerpt from The Next Great Paulie Fink Guest Blog Post Name Pronunciation with Ali Benjamin Grade 4-8 Genre Realistic Fiction Year Published 2019. Told via multiple voices, interviews, and other documents, The Next Great Paulie Fink is a lighthearted yet surprisingly touching exploration of how we build up and tear down our own myths. only ten other students in the entire seventh grade-it seems like nobody can stop talking about some kid named Paulie Fink. That's actually in line with one of the story's major themes, though, as it explores of our tendency to remember people only in one specific role and how they relate to our personal narrative. Read 416 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. For much of the book Caitlyn is rather unlikable, and in retrospect she's even been shockingly mean readers will either find the book to be a bit too forgiving or appreciate her redemptive character arc from bully to pal. Benjamin strikes a nice balance of goofy, often physical comedy (a student-led goat yoga class provides several moments of hilarity) with introspection, as Caitlyn considers the friendships and identity she was forced to leave behind and the unfamiliar and sometimes bizarre social hierarchy she finds herself in now.
Still, Caitlyn's options for company are severely limited here, so when the kids ask her to be a reality TV–style judge of their efforts to find a Paulie replacement among them, she reluctantly agrees. In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isnt easy. Her fellow classmates are obsessed with some kid named Paulie Fink, a genius prankster who apparently no longer attends the school. When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School-where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophe.Our Price: 1. Led by new student Caitlyn, seventh-graders at a tiny rural school in Vermont create a reality-show inspired competition to determine who will replace the school's legendary class clown, Paulie Fink, in this highly anticipated second novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling 'The Thing About Jellyfish. The school is also annoyingly weird, with a science class that involves tending goats and a Good Day Bell that happy kids ring (much to Caitlyn's irritation) at the end of the day.
Plopped down in the middle of a small Vermont town after her single mother decides to move from New York, Caitlyn is unhappy to find there are only ten other people in her new seventh-grade class.
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