Tween the Pages
Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 4:00pm at Fairmount (3000 N Fairmount Street)
Registration required:
https://davenportlibrary.libcal.com/event/14211771
Join us for our Summer Middle Grade Book Club, Tween the Pages! First up, we’ll be reading the 2025 All Iowa Reads selection, Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman.
Registration required. Books may be picked up at the Davenport Public Library at Fairmount. This club is for patrons ages 8 to 11.
From the Publisher:
Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile, a refreshingly honest middle-grade debut novel about toxic sibling rivalry, socioeconomic disparity, and dental drama.
Max Plink’s life is complicated. Her parents aren’t getting along. The school bullies are relentless―and her own sister is the cruelest of them. Worst of all, her mouth is a mess. With a mismatched puzzle of a jaw, Max has a Class II malocclusion, otherwise known as a severe overbite. She already has braces, which means she lives on Advil and soft foods after each orthodontist appointment. But now Max has to wear painful (and totally awkward) orthodontic headgear nicknamed “the jawbreaker.” Could things get any worse?
Yes. The journalism competition Max wants to enter has a video component. But being on camera means showing her face not just to her junior high classmates, but possibly the whole city. Going viral is the last thing Max needs, but winning this competition is what she wants most. Turns out, following her dreams is complicated, too.
Inspired by Christina Wyman’s own experience with a Class II malocclusion, Jawbreaker is a humorous, heartfelt, and refreshingly relatable story.
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