Astronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn’t mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn’t long before the kids at her new school realize she’s different. Only Calliope’s neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is–an interesting person and a good … good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?
As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mother’s new relationship and the fact that they might be moving–again–just as she starts to make friends and finally accept her differences.
Ellie Terry’s affecting debut will speak to a wide audience about being true to oneself.
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i Looooooooveed this book
This book is the best book on earth matter of fact it the best book in the intire world yall need to get this book is awsome
I couldn’t put this book down and literally read it in one sitting. Such a sweet and important story. I loved it.
this book us amazing because there is so much drama and so many twists. the reason why I am recommending this book is also because all of my friends have read it and they all thought that it was an amazing book.
This book is so good I have read it so many times it is silly and a little romantic it made me laugh and cry and shows the most beautiful story through the art of poetry
Beautifully and simply written, honest and sweet. It was like a mix between Stargirl and Wonder, a super quick read that left me wanting more.
I adored this book
This book was provided to me by the library, because the library is awesome.
Forget Me Not is an excellent debut novel by Ellie Terry. The fact that Ms. Terry has Tourette’s Syndrome makes this fictional account even more moving. Our main character, Calli, makes my heart hurt. On top of having to deal with her tics and how her peers respond to them, she also has a mother who doesn’t really try to understand her. When we meet the Snow family, they are making their tenth move, and Calli is only in 7th grade. My family moved a lot, so I can sympathize with her “nowhere to belong” feelings. Additionally, she’s been told by her neurologist and her mother not to share the fact that she has Tourette’s, because they say people will get the wrong idea. Between her condition, not being able to talk about her condition, coping with bullies, and having a mother who is oblivious, this child has so much bottled up inside of her, that I’m surprised she held on to it as long as she did. I would recommend this book to anyone with a 4th grade or higher reading level, and especially to anyone who may know or work with a child with Tourette’s. I learned things from this book that will affect how I see this neurological condition and those who live with it.
i love this book 10/10 from me
My 14-year-old daughter and I read this book, at separate times, as part of her reading challenge for her school, and it was definitely one of our favorites so far. I am NOT usually interested in books in verse, but I read this one just fine. It made sense to be in verse as I got to know the character whose parts WERE in verse. I went into it blind, so I didn’t know anything at all about what was going to happen or who it was about, and I prefer to do that when reading a new book. I had only read just a little bit about Tourette syndrome, I believe in a Richard Paul Evans book, and I possibly read that HE also has it. I loved reading the Author’s Note and getting to know her and I see this is her first book. I SOOOOO VERY MUCH hope she writes a lot more books and that I also get to read them. I will be recommending this book to some friends as well!