Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7

For fans of Alyson Gerber and Kathryn Erskine comes a beautiful, personal story about the importance of patience, support, and tenacity in finding a diagnosis for neurodiversity that oftentimes gets overlooked in girls. Now in paperback!

A Kids’ Indie Next List Pick and Junior Library Guild Selection!No one can figure out what Gwendolyn Rogers’s problem is—not her mom, or her teachers, or any of the therapists she’s seen. But Gwendolyn knows she doesn’t just have one thing wrong with her: she has fifty-four. And she knows this because she read a confidential school report (#16 Sneaky). The fifty-four things are why she loses her pencils every day (#45 Forgetful) and fights with her mom about her braids being too loose (#25 Picky about her appearance) and only has one friend, Hettie (#6 Socially inept).But if Gwendolyn wants to go to horse camp this summer with her half-brother, Tyler, she’ll need a plan to get these fifty-four things under control.Gwendolyn feels hopeless…until she remembers that twelve things helped her mother when her own life was out of control. Can the same Twelve Steps somehow help Gwendolyn too?

About the Author

Caela Carter has written four books for middle grade readers, including Charlotte Huck Honor Book and ALA Notable Forever, or a Long, Long Time; My Life with the Liars; One Speck of Truth; and How to Be a Girl in the World. This is her fifth middle grade novel. Caela lives in Brooklyn, NY. You can visit her online at www.caelacarter.com.