Paula Metcalf

Norma struggles making friends in life because she is self-conscious of her middle name. It is her birthday today, and she has no one to celebrate it with because she has no friends. One day Norma runs to the other hill all the way at the top, and she hears that someone is up there. She hears a girl crying and Norma decides to talk to her. Norma and the girl begin to talk and eventually they decide to become friends themselves. Norma lerns that just because she had a strange middle name not everyone is going to judge her and some will become her friend even. This book is very open for interpretation and would be great to read to kids about making friends.… (altro)