Flight of the puffin1/8/2024 ![]() Michael Crouch is an actor based in New York City. Native, he is a graduate of Boston College. He has appeared on television in guest roles inĬommercials, audiobooks, and cartoons. ![]() Wonderfully raspy, youthful voice, which she puts to good effect on the cast ofĪn actor based in Los Angeles. Of her work on the series, AudioFile magazine has said, “Narrator Katie Schorr has a Her audiobook credits include narrating the novels in Alyson Noel’s bestselling Series Head in the Oven with Saturday Night Live actor Bill Hader. She has appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and costars in the web Theatre and Ars Nova, among other theaters. Seriously, ran for six months at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater,Īnd she performs throughout New York in new works at the Ensemble Studio Because it helps them realize they matter-and that they're not flying solo anymore.Writer in New York. ![]() Receiving an encouraging message helps each kid summon up the thing they need most, whether it’s bravery, empathy, or understanding. That card sets off a chain reaction that ends up making a difference in the lives of some kids who could also use a boost-be it from dealing with bullies, unaccepting families, or the hole that grief leaves. To bolster herself, she makes a card with the message You are amazing. She wants to be different, but sometimes that doesn’t work out. One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of the beloved The Benefits of Being an Octopus. Keywords: being yourself, being different, diversity, diverse books, acceptance, accepting others, bullies, school issues, family, family life, brothers and sisters, transgender, LGBTQ, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old, friends, friendship, Social Emotional Learning SEL, respecting others yep, you.are amazing just the way you are. This is an amazing invitation to discover that you. This is a chance for you to find people who see who you are and know they have got your back. This is four stories plus our own stories. How tough does a kid have to be today to get accepted and more? When do we start seeing the small aggressions that tear a kid apart? When does a kid who loves puffins and triangles get clapped on the back for being a great guy and the bully who mocks others gets treated like a pariah? What are these four kids going to do in this world that tells them no? Four kids who deserve to know they are amazing just the way they are and families, communities, other students, authorities all oblivious to the agony and the pain and all caught up in their own misplaced values and comfort zones. Most of the time that space doesn't have a roof and a door.Ĭonnection. Sometimes that space doesn't have much food. The family couldn't accept T so T walked away to find a space where T could be T. T is living on the street with a dog named Pekoe. His mother wants him to be normal which pretty much breaks out to Vincent becoming invisible and not having room to be who he is. At school he is bullied - he's that kid who gets stuffed in the locker - and no adult notices. Vincent loves math, especially triangles, and he loves puffins. When she paints a gorgeous mural on a school wall, her father gets the phone call from the school and she gets grounded for a week. Libby lives in a family where only the older brother counts and no one sees her or has any idea who she is and what she wants to do and be. ![]() Now he's slowly piecing together the truth of his family and beginning to recognize what they didn't want to accept. Four kids, Jack, Libby, Vincent and T are up against some real struggles in their lives. Who knew an index card could change the world? Well, for one, Libby knew and for sure the world these four kids live in needs some changing. ".because our school doesn't have kids like that."- Jack "I don't mean this in a bad way.but do you feel better after you bully someone?" - Libby "For three days I considered the idea of switching to homeschooling or going to another school."- Vincent "I made the mistake of thinking I could tell my mom."- T
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