Kids with ADHD and their parents and friends will benefit from reading this. However, there is more than pamphleteering here Clea’s ADHD is set in the full context of an ordinary albeit privileged life full of triumphs and setbacks in schoolwork and competitive chess, social mistakes that require forgiveness as well as self-care, waxing and waning friendships, and cute first kisses. Through readable dialogues with her no-nonsense teachers, school counselor, psychiatrist, parents, sensitive friends, and an insensitive classmate, Clea emerges as an empathy-inspiring guide through the process of failing in school despite her best efforts, testing and learning about ADHD, and persisting while learning to advocate for herself. Shop for FOCUSED at McNally Jackson (signed copy) Indiebound Amazon Barnes & Noble Target Book Depository. Gerber handles this very detailed and informative look at a mind under the influence of ADHD with remarkable grace and clarity, highlighting both the difficulties and the lesser-known advantages. For more information or to schedule an author visit, contact. When her teachers suggest that she be tested for ADHD, she is resistant and angry, but her best friend, Red, suggests that an education plan might make things easier for her. Her falling grades threaten her position on the chess team, but try as she might, she just can’t make seventh grade work for her. When it comes to homework, Clea finds it difficult to concentrate, but when she’s playing chess, she’s in the zone.
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