The Thing About Georgie
by Lisa Graff © 2006, 220 pages Level 4 (all about levels) Read Amazon Reviews
The Thing About Georgie is that he is a dwarf. And in Georgie's mind, that affects everything about his life—the clothes he wears, the way he turns on lights, the activities he joins, even the friends he has...and doesn't. And just about the time Georgie has figured out how to navigate his world, it gets turned upside-down. His parents announce that they are having another baby (who will probably be taller than Georgie very soon), he has a big fight with his best friend, and for a group project, he gets paired with his least favorite person in school.
Georgie feels pretty much on his own in the midst of his misery, and can't figure out how to clean up any of these messes. But when he finds help from an unexpected source, he starts to see that everything he thought he had figured out might have caused some of his problems in the first place.
Lori
For a book that's primarily about relationships, The Thing About Georgie still has an underlying what's-going-to-happen-next vibe that kept us zooming through it. I love it when a book can teach us something without ever feeling like a "And That's One to Grow On" PSA. Lisa Graff steers plenty clear of that preachy pitfall, while showing us what happens when we get through life based on a very narrow definition of ourselves: we limit the delightful surprises we might discover about who we are and who we can become.
Ben
My favorite part about this book is how the author keeps the story flowing with an exciting plot and interesting characters. She also reveals an unexpected twist about who narrates certain portions of the book. But my favorite thing about Lisa Graff is that she is helping me out big time with a school assignment by answering interview questions for a career project. Thanks, Ms. Graff!
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