Title: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
Author: Stacy McAnulty
Genre: Fiction
# of pages: 320
Reading Level: 530L, 11-13 years
Summary: After an eight-year-old, Lucy, is struck by lightning she is diagnosed with acquired savant syndrome and becomes a math genius. As the years go by, Lucy becomes “a reclusive genius” and holes up inside the home she shares with her Grandmother. When Lucy moves to a public school she is forced to face her biggest fear: making real friends. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl follows Lucy in her journey of accepting who she is and building relationships that she never knew were possible. Lucy encourages readers to see life exactly as they may because as Lucy says, “I guess it would be boring if we all had the same view.” (McAnulty, 2019). This book is funny in the best ways and is an easy coming-of-age story that middle schoolers will love to breeze through.
Genre: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl is a fictional book. I specifically labeled this book as a special interest because it could engage students who are particularly interested in math.
Reading the Novel: This book would be a great book to read with the whole class as it is a quick read and the content of the book is appropriate. I would also have this book in a classroom library for any student to be able to pick it up.
Teaching the Novel: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl would be a cool book to read in a math classroom since Lucy is somewhat of a math genius. Young girls are not often represented in a strong light when it comes to math, but Lucy is an incredible role model.
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