This book was okay, and I liked the plot a lot. It reminded me of the book, Hello Universe, but there was only one perspective. This is about a girl named Kammy who wants to join the “popular” group of girls when she moved to a new town. But after a fake inauguration she’s stuck in a well and can’t get out. The “popular” girls (or The Girls) have left her and they will find help, right? As she stays stuck in the well she starts to imagine other animals with her in the well. And when she finally gets out, she feels different, in a good way. This book is fine, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
The Girl in the Well Is Me
By Karen Rivers
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 5 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | Y | 4.7 | n/a |
Longing to be one of the popular girls in her new town, Kammie Summers has fallen into a well during a (fake) initiation into their club. Now Kammie’s trapped in the dark, counting the hours, waiting to be rescued. (The Girls have gone for help, haven’t they?)
As hours pass, Kammie’s real-life predicament mixes with memories of the best and worst moments of her life so far, including the awful reasons her family moved to this new town in the first place. And as she begins to feel hungry and thirsty and light-headed, Kammie starts to imagine she has company, including a French-speaking coyote and goats that just might be zombies.
Karen Rivers has created a unique narrator with an authentic, sympathetic, sharp, funny voice who will have readers laughing and crying and laugh-crying over the course of physically and emotionally suspenseful, utterly believable events.
As hours pass, Kammie’s real-life predicament mixes with memories of the best and worst moments of her life so far, including the awful reasons her family moved to this new town in the first place. And as she begins to feel hungry and thirsty and light-headed, Kammie starts to imagine she has company, including a French-speaking coyote and goats that just might be zombies.
Karen Rivers has created a unique narrator with an authentic, sympathetic, sharp, funny voice who will have readers laughing and crying and laugh-crying over the course of physically and emotionally suspenseful, utterly believable events.
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781616206963
ISBN-10: 1616206969
Published on 2/28/2017
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
Book Reviews (4)
This book was okay, and I liked the plot a lot. It reminded me of the book, Hello Universe, but there was only one perspective. This is about a girl named Kammy who wants to join the “popular” group of girls when she moved to a new town. But after a fake inauguration she’s stuck in a well and can’t get out. The “popular” girls (or The Girls) have left her and they will find help, right? As she stays stuck in the well she starts to imagine other animals with her in the well. And when she finally gets out, she feels different, in a good way. This book is fine, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
A girl named Kammie accidentally falls into a well, and gets stuck for a long time. When she yells for help, her "friends" don't take her seriously and it takes forever for help to come. She experiences many crazy thoughts in that well, and her story is told. When they drill down to the well and retrieve her, she makes headlines for being, "The Girl in the Well." She gets many bruises and broken bones/ribs, but learns to choose her friends carefully.
LOVE
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This book is amazing! I absolutely love it, and it is my favorite book. People think that a child can't feel complex emotions like Kammie experiences, but more kids relate to her than you would think. This book captures those emotions and compiles them into a thought-provoking story I never thought I was the type to read.