![]() ![]() Sure there could have been more development within the side characters and more added to plot trajectory, but overall Ellie captivated me and pushed this book into awesome territory. ![]() ![]() Subjects: English Language Arts, Reading Grades: 4 th - 8 th Types: Assessment 4.00 5. These questions will help your students prepare for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. This book makes me want to give a hug to Ellie and it reading it felt like receiving a hug. Starfish is one of the the 2022-2023 Georgia Childrens Book Award nominees. ![]() I loved Ellie’s journey and the growth mixed with reality. While the events in this book seem outlandish, they are truths that I have also experienced. When Ellie starts a friendship with new neighbor, Catalina, and she begins going to a therapist, she starts to find her true worth and begins standing up for herself. Ellie has three main enemies at school, each of whom take every chance to put her down. Ellie’s mother is the worst bully of all, she posts articles about diets and bariatric surgery. Lisa Fipps is a graduate of Ball State University, award-winning former journalist, current director of marketing for a public library (where she won the Sara Laughlin marketing award), and an author of middle-grade books. Most people in her life body shame her, except for her father and her best friend, who is moving away. Ellie has rules for being a fat girl, the only thing that will help her survive. ![]()
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