Just Like Jackie

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  • Family
  • is
  • family,
  • no
  • matter
  • what
  • it
  • looks
  • like.
  • Readers
  • will
  • cheer
  • for
  • this
  • pitch-perfect
  • story,
  • just
  • right
  • for
  • fans
  • of
  • such
  • books
  • as
  • The
  • Great
  • Gilly
  • Hopkins
  • and
  • Fish
  • in
  • a
  • Tree.For
  • as
  • long
  • as
  • Robinson
  • Hart
  • can
  • remember,
  • it’s
  • just
  • been
  • her
  • and
  • Grandpa.
  • He
  • taught
  • her
  • about
  • cars,
  • baseball,
  • and
  • everything
  • else
  • worth
  • knowing.
  • But
  • Grandpa’s
  • memory
  • has
  • been
  • getting
  • bad—so
  • bad
  • that
  • he
  • sometimes
  • can’t
  • even
  • remember
  • Robbie’s
  • name.She’s
  • sure
  • that
  • she’s
  • making
  • things
  • worse
  • by
  • getting
  • in
  • trouble
  • at
  • school,
  • but
  • she
  • can’t
  • resist
  • using
  • her
  • fists
  • when
  • bullies
  • like
  • Alex
  • Carter
  • make
  • fun
  • of
  • her
  • for
  • not
  • having
  • a
  • mom.Now
  • she’s
  • stuck
  • in
  • group
  • guidance—and
  • to
  • make
  • things
  • even
  • worse,
  • Alex
  • Carter
  • is
  • there
  • too.
  • There’s
  • no
  • way
  • Robbie’s
  • going
  • to
  • open
  • up
  • about
  • her
  • life
  • to
  • some
  • therapy
  • group,
  • especially
  • not
  • with
  • Alex
  • in
  • the
  • room.
  • Besides,
  • if
  • she
  • told
  • anyone
  • how
  • forgetful
  • Grandpa’s
  • been
  • getting
  • lately,
  • they’d
  • take
  • her
  • away
  • from
  • him.
  • He’s
  • the
  • only
  • family
  • she
  • has—and
  • it’s
  • up
  • to
  • her
  • to
  • keep
  • them
  • together,
  • no
  • matter
  • what.Praise
  • for
  • Just
  • Like
  • Jackie:"I
  • was
  • truly
  • moved
  • by
  • this
  • refreshing
  • story
  • about
  • a
  • scrappy
  • young
  • heroine
  • and
  • her
  • struggle
  • to
  • protect
  • her
  • family."—Sara
  • Pennypacker,
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • bestselling
  • author
  • of
  • Pax“Just
  • Like
  • Jackie
  • is
  • a
  • lovely
  • story
  • of
  • acceptance—about
  • what
  • makes
  • a
  • family
  • and
  • how
  • we
  • make
  • our
  • own
  • families,
  • and
  • about
  • embracing
  • our
  • differences.”—Ann
  • M.
  • Martin,
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • bestselling
  • author
  • of
  • Rain
  • Reign"A
  • fresh
  • coming-of-age
  • novel
  • as
  • feisty,
  • funny,
  • and
  • forthright
  • as
  • its
  • protagonist.
  • Robinson
  • overcomes
  • obstacles
  • with
  • wit,
  • grit,
  • and
  • a
  • growing
  • compassion
  • for
  • others,
  • showing
  • us
  • that
  • families
  • are
  • what
  • we
  • make
  • them
  • and
  • happiness
  • is
  • found
  • in
  • the
  • simple
  • gifts
  • we
  • take
  • for
  • granted.
  • A
  • rich,
  • rewarding
  • read
  • all
  • around."—John
  • David
  • Anderson,
  • author
  • of
  • Ms.
  • Bixby's
  • Last
  • Day“As
  • close
  • to
  • perfect
  • as
  • a
  • book
  • for
  • middle
  • grade
  • children
  • can
  • get!”—Cammie
  • McGovern,
  • author
  • of
  • Just
  • My
  • Luck?
  • "Stoddard
  • debuts
  • with
  • a
  • quiet
  • but
  • powerful
  • narrative
  • that
  • gently
  • unpacks
  • Alzheimer’s,
  • centers
  • mental
  • health,
  • and
  • moves
  • through
  • the
  • intimate
  • and
  • intense
  • emotional
  • landscape
  • of
  • family—what
  • seems
  • to
  • break
  • one
  • and
  • what
  • can
  • remake
  • it.
  • Validating,
  • heart-rending,
  • and
  • a
  • deft
  • blend
  • of
  • suffering
  • and
  • inspiration."—Kirkus
  • Reviews
  • (starred
  • review)“A
  • home-run
  • story
  • that
  • will
  • resonate
  • with
  • all
  • who
  • feel
  • they
  • might
  • not
  • fit
  • into
  • the
  • perfect
  • definition
  • of
  • a
  • family.”—School
  • Library
  • Journal“Debut
  • author
  • Stoddard
  • crafts
  • a
  • winning
  • narrator
  • in
  • Robinson.
  • A
  • beautiful
  • story
  • about
  • the
  • true
  • meaning
  • of
  • family,
  • perfect
  • for
  • fans
  • of
  • Lynda
  • Mullaly Hunt.”—Booklist
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