Superstar

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A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year!

Lesters first-person narrative is honest and pure. Kirkus (starred review)

Perfect for fans ofFish in a TreeandWonder, this uplifting debut novel from Mandy Davisfollows space-obsessed Lester Musselbaum as he experiences the challenges of his first days of publicschool: making friends, facing bullies, finding his "thing," and accidentally learning of his autism-spectrum diagnosis.

Lesters first days as a fifth grader at Quarry Elementary School are not even a little bit like he thought they would bethe cafeteria is too loud for Lester's ears, there are too many kids, and then there's the bully.

Lester was always home-schooled, and now hes shocked to be stuck in a school where everything just seems wrong. That's until he hears about the science fair, which goes really well for Lester!This is it. The moment where I find out for 100 percent sure that I won.

But then things go a bit sideways, and Lester has to find his way back. A touching peek into the life of a sensitive autism-spectrum boy facing the everydayness ofelementaryschool,Superstartestifies thatwhat you can do isnt nearly as important as who you are.

A lovely, heartfelt narrative about the things weve lost, and the things weve found again. Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner for The Wednesday Wars

I LOVE LESTER. Linda Urban, author of Milo Speck, Accidental Agent and A Crooked Kind of Perfect

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"I LOVE LESTER. And I did right from the start. Lester's story is beautiful, honest, and just the right amount of funny. Mandy Davis is a superstar." -- Linda Urban, author of Milo Speck: Accidental Agent and A Crooked Kind of Perfect

"Lester's first-person narrative is honest and pure." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Debut author Davis creates genuine, emotionally engaging characters who, over the course of the novel, grow and move toward heartfelt triumphs... Give to sensitive readers who enjoy rooting for the underdog and to fans of realistic stories with scientific themes." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Mandy Davis grew up in Indiana, and earned her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Hamline University. Before being bitten by the writing bug, Mandy was an elementary school teacher, a record store clerk, and once she even sold hamburgers on the sidewalk. Superstar is her first novel. You can find Mandy online at mandydavis.com and occasionally on Twitter and Facebook @thatmandydavis. She lives in Indiana.