Gerber, Alyson,

Focused / Alyson Gerber. - First edition. - New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2019. - 288 p. : 21.5 cm.

Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is determined to learn how to focus.

9781338185973 (hardcover)

2018044094


Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Juvenile fiction.
Developmentally disabled children--Juvenile fiction.
Chess--Juvenile fiction.
Life skills--Juvenile fiction.
Parent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Fiction.
Chess--Fiction.
Life skills--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.

PZ7.1.G4745 / Fo 2019

813.6 Fic