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Jemima Small Versus the Universe
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Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020
Jemima Small Versus the Universe
Age 11+
£7.99
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Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020, meet the funny and fearless Jemima Small in this big-hearted, whip-smart story of friendship and body confidence.
I'm going to tell you the word that ruins my entire life: BIG. Because my name is Jemima Small. But I am exactly the opposite.
Jemima Small is funny and super smart. She knows a lot of things. Like the fact that she's made of 206 bones, over 600 muscles and trillions of cells. What she doesn't know is how that can be true and yet she can still feel like nothing... Or how being made to join the school's "special" healthy lifestyle group - A.K.A Fat Club - could feel any less special.
But Jemima also knows that the biggest stars in the universe are the brightest. And maybe it's her time to shine...
'An empowering story about body confidence' The Observer
Engaging... A powerful antidote to casting shade.
- Extent:
- 400 pages
- Dimensions:
- 198 x 130mm
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9781474927284
- Accelerated Reader Book Level:
- 4.8
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
- Middle years (MY)
- Book Band:
- Lime
- Lexile:
- 680L
- Key Stage:
- KS3
- Publication Date:
- July 2019
- Work Reference:
- 04336
Shortlisted
Calderdale Children's Book of the Year 2020
Shortlisted
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020
Shortlisted
Hampshire Book Award 2020
Shortlisted
Brilliant Book Awards 2021
Longlisted
The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020
Tamsin Winter is fast becoming a favourite for younger teenagers [...] an empowering story about body confidence.
A total treat to read. Jemima is a hero!
An uplifting and heartening read to help inspire body confidence in everyone.
A clear-sighted look at censorious attitudes to larger bodies - especially girls' bodies... Drily funny, this touching book gives its readers permission to take up space.
An ode to body positivity based around funny, smart, mischievous 13-year-old Jemima, who has been picked on because of her size since she was seven.
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Teachers’ resources
Explore the text through a range of reading, writing, speaking & listening and research activities, as well as a series of brainiac challenges aimed at KS3.