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Just Right Jillian
Just Right Jillian
Just Right Jillian
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Just Right Jillian

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In this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother. 

Fifth grader Jillian will do just about anything to blend in, including staying quiet even when she has the right answer. After she loses a classroom competition because she won't speak up, she sets her mind on winning her school's biggest competition.

But breaking out of her shell is easier said than done, and Jillian has only a month to keep her promise to her grandmother and prove to herself that she can speak up and show everyone her true self. 

A warm and relatable middle grade debut novel about family, friendship, and finding the confidence to break free from the crowd and be who you truly are.

  • A CCBC Best of the Year
  • A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Release dateFeb 15, 2022
ISBN9780358436386
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Nicole D. Collier

Nicole D. Collier, PhD, grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the child of an accountant and a public school librarian. She taught fourth grade before becoming an author and leadership coach. In all her endeavors, she enjoys helping people mine the creativity, wisdom, and courage for change. The author of Just Right Jillian and The Many Fortunes of Maya, her writing illuminates the challenges and rewards that come from learning to be true to yourself. A self-proclaimed ever-victorious woman, Nicole has been known to run, dance, and turn cartwheels from time to time. She currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her husband, Phillip.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Things I really loved about this book: the school traditions -- both chick hatching and the Mind Bender competition sound like really engaging ways to learn. The space and understanding about grief -- it's been almost a year since Grammy died, and that loss is acknowledged as an ongoing pain, but not so overwhelming as to take all the focus of the book -- really good balance. Jillian's relationships with both her parents and her friends were really good -- sometimes challenging in places, but very supportive and joyful overall. The importance of hair care, specifically Black hair care and the celebration of hairstyles and acknowledgement of the time and expertise it takes to achieve the look you want. Loved the inclusion of a character with Lupus, and the ways community just understood and worked with it. It's a feel good book, and it's a great read.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Just Right Jillian is just right for any middle school reader. It's an empowering story of a girl who must overcome her extreme shyness to prove that she can compete in her school's academic contest, Mind Bender. The class science project watching chicks hatch serves as a metaphor for Jilian's journey, and ass she comes out her shell, Jillian learns to see others for who they are and not what they seem to be. Highly recommended!

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