Left Out
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My review -
Jamie
is picked on at school for her clumsiness, which she attributes to being
left-handed as nothing she uses is suitable. The only real friend she has is
Ryan. He encourages her to research left-handedness and she finds out how many
famous people, present and past, have been southpaws. She writes for the school
newspaper, as does Ryan, though using a pseudonym. To both their horror, Ryan’s
mum takes him away from their school in Wales to her native America but Ryan
has hopes of wangling his way back.
This
is a great little book which takes issues of bullying and being different, and
manages to celebrate some of those differences. It opens the eyes of left and
right handers to just how difficult it can be to use ordinary items – a potato
peeler, for example – but how many left handers turn out to be extraordinary
people. It’s not just a preachy book, though. It’s got some dark themes running
under it, and a real page-turning feel to the plot. A very good read.
Too much back-matter for me but that's a personal preference.
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