Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
How to Survive Middle School
Rachel Ross · 2022
78/100
👍 Worth It
A lively, visually generous study guide that genuinely earns its 528 pages — the breezy prose and reflective questions make dry science content feel manageable for students heading into middle school. It trades depth for breadth, so it works best as a companion rather than a primary text, but the inclusive framing and accessible tone are real strengths. Strong supplement for the right student.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance72
craft78
originality65
accuracy80
hype70
age-fit92
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict78
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