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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2015 | Grades 5-8
Gr 4–6—Red and Rip are best friends just beginning fifth grade. It's the first day of school and everyone appears to know who the teacher will be and how the year will progress—but not so fast…there is a new teacher, a young man with piercings, tattoos, and a whole new way of teaching. Mr. Acevedo loves reading, will not abide test prep or standardized test-taking, and has a love of basketball. Readers w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
When fifth graders Rip and Red get an unconventional new teacher, there are big changes--which for Red, who's on the autism ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
