"A touching, often hilarious story of endings, beginnings, and self-discovery. Bixby announces that she is very sick and wont be able to finish out the last weeks of the school year (or even finish the last 20 pages of the class read aloud, The Hobbit) Brand, Steve and Topher decide that they want to give her a proper last day.Thats the nutshell summary of John David Andersons newest novel, Ms. Oh, so much heart!” Gordon Korman, New York Times bestselling author of Masterminds and Ungifted Posted by John David Anderson (Walden Pond Press, 2016) follows a group of middle-school children as they navigate changing. Bixby in them: the kind of teacher who pays attention to students, the kind who sees beyond grades and accomplishments, the kind who knows and understands the inner workings of their hearts. "Hats off to John David Anderson for telling this story with an improbable amount of laugh-out-loud humor and I think John David Anderson is secretly telling teachers to channel the inner Ms. Schmidt, Newbery Honor winner and author of Okay For Now John David Anderson, author of Sidekicked and The Dungeoneers, returns with a funny, heartwarming, and heartbreaking contemporary story about three boys. "Each page crackles as we embark on the greatest adventure of all." Gary D. They need it.” Soman Chainani, New York Times-bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil “A full-hearted and emotional exploration of friendship, grief, imagination, and the inner life of boys. “A full-spectrum, emotionally satisfying experience that will have readers laughing, crying, and everything in between.” SLJ, Starred Review “A smart, funny, and ultimately moving novel.” Booklist, Starred Review “ Sad and satisfying in just the right amounts. “Skillfully balances realism and comic exaggeration in an emotionally rich tale that holds no miracles, other than the small human kind.” Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year for ChildrenĪ School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
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