The Benefits of Being an Octopus - Ann Braden
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction, Teen & Young Adult
NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Childrens Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maines Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers Choice Titles for 20202021, Charlie May Simon Award 20202021 List., Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least theres Lenny, her moms boyfriend - they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer., At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend, Fuchsia, has her own issues, and since theyre in an entirely different world than the rich kids, its best if no one notices them., Zoey thinks how much easier e
