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  • Published: 15 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375865282
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $19.99

Calli Be Gold




In this gently humorous middle-grade debut, Calli Gold is the untalented member of a super-successful family. But what she discovers is that she's really good at being a regular kid.

Eleven-year-old Calli Gold is the quiet third child in a family of loud overachievers. In fact, the family motto is Be Gold. Calli's sister is on an ice-skating team, and her brother's a basketball star. Her parents are sure she has a hidden gift for something. They just have to figure out what it is! But Calli has flopped at everything she's tried. She sure doesn't feel like a Gold.

Until a new person enters her life. Second grader Noah Zullo might seem strange to some people, but Calli can't help liking him, and they become partners in their school's Peer Helper Program. When they create a booth for the Friendship Fair, they fill it with secrets and surprises. And as Calli and Noah work and learn together, they even surprise themselves.

Michele Weber Hurwitz's debut is an endearing and gently humorous story about the true meaning of achievement and the important things an "ordinary" kid has to offer.

Nominated for:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
Bluestem Readers’ Choice Award (Illinois)

  • Published: 15 April 2012
  • ISBN: 9780375865282
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $19.99

Praise for Calli Be Gold

Praise for Calli Be Gold:

"Hurwitz nicely conveys the sense that . . . families can be enriched by their younger members' ideas."--Booklist

"Calli's often-insightful first-person narration provides a thoughtful, child-eyed view at how adults too often try to find success through their children's achievements."--Kirkus Reviews