Basil is going into seventh grade after being home schooled by his Gram. Gram decided since she wasn't really great in teaching a few subjects that Basil should go off to public school. Basil finds he isn't quite like the other kids. Then Tenzie comes to school and sits with him at lunch. Just plops herself right down and starts to talk to him like it was the most natural thing in the world. She even lives near him and when they get off the bus at the same stop she introduces herself to his Gram and enters his home life. To say he is annoyed is mild,he just doesn't know what to do. But he finds they have one thing in common, they both see numbers in color. Something Basil has never told anyone. After researching it online he learns is has a name, synesthesia.
It wasn't bad enough that he is so different, his estranged mother shows up and turns his life upside down. Tenzie may be the only person to help him put it back together. Loved this book!
Ages 10-14 $16.99 Henry Holt
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