Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me
Lisa Papademitriou · 2006
76/100
👍 Worth It
Papademetriou's invented vocabulary — glommers, norks — is a genuinely clever device that makes the middle-school social landscape vivid and funny without being cruel. Allie's moral growth feels real, and the book's accuracy about sixth-grade dynamics is sharp enough that Kirkus noticed. The plot follows familiar grooves, but it runs those grooves with wit and warmth.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance68
craft76
originality72
accuracy78
hype72
age-fit88
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict76
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