Told in multiple voices, four summer school classmates band together to save their teacher and their academic futures after Ms J.Õs unorthodox teaching methods are questioned. Includes different writing stylesÑchat boxes, art, verse, and news articlesÑto encourage struggling readers to embrace different types of intelligence.
Ben B, Ben Y, Jordan J, and Javier are divergent thinkers. They struggle with reading, but with the help of Ms. J., they band together to take over the school newspaper, deal with social-emotional troubles, and embrace their different types of intelligence. This funny, clever novel-in-verse series tells honest, heartfelt stories about friendship, family, and personal identity that will encourage struggling readers to embrace their own 'divergent' self.