The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick
Published by Scholastic Press on February 2, 2021
ISBN: 1338647237
Pages: 224
Genres: Biography/Autobiography, Humor, Realistic Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Jordan Sonnenblick is starting 4th grade at PS 35 on Staten Island and worries about his teacher — will his teacher like him or hate him? Jordan’s asthma medication makes him antsy so he often gets in trouble for not concentrating and tapping his pencil. Jordan also worries about his pet snake (the show and tell exhibit), his mom driving home from grad school late at night, his drum-playing, and how he can be best at something — even if it’s best at getting hit by pitches. This memoir is an hilarious look at childhood anxieties and will remind readers how important empathetic adults — parents, teachers, drum teachers — are to kids. 

Reviewed by Karen Sandlin Silverman, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham