Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Rhyme Schemer
K. A. Holt · 2015
82/100
👍 Worth It
Holt pulls off something genuinely difficult: she makes a bully the protagonist and keeps you rooting for his growth without excusing his cruelty. The verse format makes it fast and accessible for reluctant readers, and the erasure poetry thread is a clever, real literary hook. It earned its Bank Street and Kirkus recognition, and it belongs in any classroom doing serious work around empathy and anti-bullying.
✦ 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
safety80
substance82
craft85
originality80
accuracy88
hype82
age-fit85
human-eye83
Penny’s verdict82
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