Calli Be Gold

Michele Weber Hurwitz

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Random House Inc
10 April 2012

In this gently humorous middle-grade debut, Calli Gold is the untalented member of a super-successful family. But what she discovers is that she's really good at being a regular kid.

Eleven-year-old Calli Gold is the quiet third child in a family of loud overachievers. In fact, the family motto is Be Gold. Calli's sister is on an ice-skating team, and her brother's a basketball star. Her parents are sure she has a hidden gift for something. They just have to figure out what it is! But Calli has flopped at everything she's tried. She sure doesn't feel like a Gold.

Until a new person enters her life. Second grader Noah Zullo might seem strange to some people, but Calli can't help liking him, and they become partners in their school's Peer Helper Program. When they create a booth for the Friendship Fair, they fill it with secrets and surprises. And as Calli and Noah work and learn together, they even surprise themselves.

Michele Weber Hurwitz's debut is an endearing and gently humorous story about the true meaning of achievement and the important things an ""ordinary"" kid has to offer.

Nominated for-

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)

Bluestem Readers' Choice Award (Illinois)

By: Michele Weber Hurwitz
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 173g
ISBN: 9780375865282
ISBN 10: 0375865284
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 10 April 2012
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MICHELE WEBER HURWITZ grew up in a suburb of Chicago and still lives in the same area with her husband and three children. She does not have a huge calendar taped to her kitchen wall but has been known, on occasion, to drive with Post-it notes stuck to the steering wheel. This is her first novel. Visit her at micheleweberhurwitz.com.