FICTION

Pay it Forward: Young Reader's Edition

by Catherine Ryan HYDE
288p. S. & S./Paula Wiseman Bks. Aug. 2014. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781481409414; pap. $6.99. ISBN 9781481409407. LC 2013045637.
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Gr 5 Up—Twelve-year-old Trevor is a caring young man who, through a school assignment, begins a movement of kindness through the act of paying it forward. Encouraged by his mother and physically scarred school teacher, Trevor endeavors to make the world a better place in the midst of perceived failure and exciting social notoriety. As with the original adult version, Hyde brings readers into the Clinton administrative years and the home and life of the protagonist. The characters are believable and likable and children are taken along on their journey as willing participants. An ambiguous ending allows kids to make their own decisions about Trevor and his future. A thoroughly convincing narrative that will have children questioning the label of fiction. Well worth adding to a library collection.—Elizabeth Speer, Cisco College, TX
Reviewed by Elizabeth Speer , Aug 01, 2014

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