Book of the Week

Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by ‘own voices’ author Anna Whateley is a powerful novel for older readers.  It explores a character who is neurodivergent as she goes through a difficult year of change.  It is a moving story that encourages the reader to understand, accept and celebrate difference and an important one for readers like the author’s teenage self.

This book is suitable for Years 11 and 12, or extension classes in Year 9 & 10, and Teachers’ Notes are available on the publisher’s website.

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