2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant ReadersQuaking by Kathryn Erskine
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Fourteen year old Matilda is a foster child placed in a new home with foster parents. Her new foster parents are a Quaker family with a severely disabled foster son. Matt has a rough time at school as she is bullied by a classmate and not well liked by her civics teacher. After all the issues that Matt faces, in the end she faces a transformation from being shy to an empowered hero.
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