![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the time, she tries to do the right thing and ends up doing the wrong thing. Students will easily identify with her being unfairly accused, having to help out parents with projects, and being asked to make all sorts of amends. So that means I’m allergic to sitting still.”Ĭlementine navigates challenges at home and school. ![]() ![]() If I try to sit still I get all itchy and swelled up and I can’t breathe right. If he eats one he gets all itchy and swelled up and he can’t breathe right. But it’s not her fault. As she explains, she is “allergic to sitting still.” The principal’s office is familiar place for Clementine who has lots of trouble sitting still. “And then Margaret went all historical, and the art teacher went all historical, and nobody could think of anything to do except the regular thing, which is: send me to the principal’s office.” It starts off on a Monday when Clementine tries to help a friend who has glue in her hair by cutting off all of her hair! Everything goes wrong, and the week goes downhill from there. In Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, we experience life through the viewpoint of a feisty, firecracker of a third-grade girl, who is having a really bumpy week. ![]()
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