Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters
Ginger Garrett · 2020
70/100
👍 Worth It
Lerner's backing, Kirkus's notice, and the genuinely relatable premise — new kid, name tag, talent show — give this middle-grade novel a solid foundation. The protagonist's manipulative behavior toward her dad's girlfriend is a real flaw that some readers will find hard to get past, but it also makes Lizbeth a more honest, complicated character than most books in this space dare to write. Kids navigating divorce or a new school will find something real here.
✦ 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
safety88
substance68
craft68
originality65
accuracy80
hype65
age-fit82
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict70
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