Georgia Children's Book Award
2016 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Finalist
About This Book
Meet Ratchet, an 11-year-old girl who knows more about spark plugs than sleepovers. Homeschooled by her mechanic-environmentalist dad, and with her mother long dead, Ratchet only wants one thing: to belong.
This is Ratchet's journal and in its pages are Ratchet's writings, her poems, and her drawings. Together, they tell Ratchet's story. It's a story about trying to make friends, about fighting to save a park, about the memories of her mother, and about her unlikely friendship with a boy. This journal is her sanctuary. And it's always there for Ratchet when no one else will listen.
This is Ratchet's journal and in its pages are Ratchet's writings, her poems, and her drawings. Together, they tell Ratchet's story. It's a story about trying to make friends, about fighting to save a park, about the memories of her mother, and about her unlikely friendship with a boy. This journal is her sanctuary. And it's always there for Ratchet when no one else will listen.
Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2016 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2016 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2014 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Florida Book Award
2014 · Children's Literature · Gold Medal Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
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