Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Kids Review Kids' Books
Scholastic Professional Books · 1997
56/100
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This is less a book to sit and read and more a shortcut — hundreds of real reviews written by kids themselves, sorted so a teacher or parent can find something a reader will actually like. Handy as a classroom tool, but it's nearly 30 years old now, so a lot of what it points you toward may be out of print or since replaced by something better.
✦ 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
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness52
Craft & writing45
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy48
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit65
Human-eye read52
Penny’s verdict56
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