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After a brief suspension, Julian Twerski is exempt from writing a Julius Caesar report. Instead, his English teacher and father ask him to journal the events of his middle school life. Since academic success comes so easily to Julian, he thinks this project will be a breeze. When he starts, he focuses on journal basics: who, what, when, where, why and how. He documents his time with his best buddies and his best friend's feelings towards a girl at school. As the days pass, his writing starts to change when he journals about his discovery of first love, or his experiences with the neighborhood loner, Stanley Stimmel. Julian reflects more frequently and more intensely about his interactions with his best buddies, Stanley, and the irresistible Jillian, and he learns a great deal about empathy, remorse, and heartbreak.
The reader cannot help but get drawn in to his reflections, regrets, and growth.
The reader cannot help but get drawn in to his reflections, regrets, and growth.
From first time junior novelist, Mark Goldblatt, Twerp sheds light on how a group of middle schoolers can be friendly towards some and be troublesome for others. Twerp is best for 7th grade and up.
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