
Pre-Owned Rolling On Binding: Paperback
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- In this “equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming” (Kirkus Reviews) companion to Jamie Sumner’s acclaimed and beloved novelsRoll with ItandTime to Roll, Ellie finds herself faced with first love and learning to let go.
It’s the very end of eighth grade and all everyone can talk about is high school—everyone except Ellie Cowan. Ellie wants to freeze time. Middle school was epic. She moved to Oklahoma, made her best friends, won a baking championship, quit a beauty pageant, and dominated Putt-Putt golf in her wheelchair.
But now her feelings for her best friend Bert are starting to change. When did Bert get so cute? And why are all the other girls suddenly noticing, too? As if that isn’t enough to deal with, Grandpa’s health takes a turn for the worse. So what do you do when you don’t know how to hold on or when to let go?Jamie Sumner is the author of Roll with It, Time to Roll, Rolling On, Tune It Out, One Kid’s Trash, The Summer of June, Maid for It, Deep Water, Please Pay Attention, Schooled, and Glory Be. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids. She is also the mother of a son with cerebral palsy and has written extensively about parenting a child with special needs. She and her family live in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her at Jamie-Sumner.com.In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade series tells the story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy who refuses to let others define her.Reading Group Guide
Rolling On
By Jamie Sumner
About the Book
Ellie Cowan is almost done with eighth grade, but instead of triumphantly cruising to the end of middle school, her life is changing in ways she never expected. First, there’s that weird fluttery feeling she’s suddenly getting when her best friend, Bert, is around, and Ellie isn’t sure she likes it. He’s different since he got back from his Young Environmentalists Consortium. And if that isn’t bad enough, Bert is applying to boarding school hundreds of miles away. Elliewantsto encourage Bert’s dreams, but her mixed-up emotions are making that really hard. Worst of all, Ellie’s beloved grandfather’s health is going downhill. Even baking isn’t helping as much as it used to! It’s all so confusing, and Ellie wishes time would just stand still for a while. Life’s changes are never easy, but can Ellie find a way to roll on through?
Discussion Questions
1. If you’ve read the earlier books in the series,Roll with ItandTime to Roll,how has Ellie changed since the previous books? How is she the same?
2. Describe Ellie, Bert, and Coralee’s friendship. Why do you think they’re such good friends? How do they look out for one another? How are they similar, and how are they different? What conflicts do they have?
3. How has Bert changed after his time in Kentucky? How do the other kids at school treat him differently? How does Ellie feel about these changes and her own new feelings toward Bert?
4. Bert and Ellie have always told each other the truth, but that becomes difficult in this book. Why? Has your relationship with someone you were close to ever changed? How did you deal with that change?
5. Ellie says that Bert is “never shy with his opinions, and he would never lie to me about my cooking, or anything else. It’s one of the reasons I trust him.” (Chapter two) Do you think Ellie earns Bert’s trust in this book? Who - Sumner, Jamie
- ISBN: 9781665947855
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