Duck Days
Written and Illustrated by Sarah Leach and Rebecca Bender
Published by Pajama Press Inc.
Lauren, a third-grade student who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, takes on the challenges of
sharing her best friend and persevering when a classmate mocks her bicycle’s training wheels.
Irma is Lauren’s best friend. Irma knows all the strategies Lauren uses when her Autism Spectrum
Disorder makes it hard to “go with the flow.” Lauren helps Irma learn English words and understand
unfamiliar customs. So why does Irma suddenly want to introduce Lauren to her mountain-biking,
litter-dropping neighbour Jonas? Why is Irma calling Jonas her friend?
As if sharing Irma weren’t bad enough, Lauren also has an alarming new problem at school. Their
teacher has announced a mountain biking day when the students will learn to ride their bikes on an
obstacle course. But Lauren still uses training wheels. She just can’t face the teasing she will get
when her classmates see them. She isn’t brave like Irma. She can’t go with the flow like Dad. How
can she possibly face this challenge?
2 comments:
Kate - John McCrae
I do like it, but it's not my favourite, so I'd give it 7/10.
Likes:
-How it showed how even if you're scared you can be brave
-It was about things that would happen in real life
Dislikes:
-It wasn't the right kind of book for me (Lauren had a lot of things she liked about Irma but there were also things that she preferred not to like about a lot of other people)
May @JMC
Book Rating: 6.5/10
Likes:
-It was a nice story about facing your fears
Dislikes:
-I didn't like how there thing after thing that came up and would frustrate Lauren.
Favourite Part:
-Lauren's Dad was helping her to practice "going with the flow". When Lauren was hula hooping with Irma, and her dad said it was time to go home, Lauren said "one more minute". Her Dad said "No". So Lauren said "you need to go with the Flow". That made me laugh
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