Ruth McNally Barshaw

Really adorable. I love that Ellie looks like a normal, average kid.

A fun book to read for older elementary kids. My daughter, who was in the second grade at the time, enjoyed me reading it to her as well. The doodles are great and the book can definitely be used as a started for getting children to keep their own journals!

Cute for what it is - hybrid graphic. (While it has more text than the Klise books but somehow the visuals remind me of her books). Though it is great for reluctant readers, it is not just for that crowd. Ellie and her family have moved despite her stenuous objections. And she adjusts- in spite of herself. The story that gets her there is nothing unusual (time and real life) but it rings quite true.

This is a book about a girl named Ellie who moved to a new house and started going to a new school. She is worried that she is not going to make an new friends because no one has the same interests that she has. This would be a good book for fourth graders. This would be a good book for a English lesson where the students write a letter to Ellie about their first day of school, and how they made friends.