The Kate In Between, Claire Swinarski
The Kate In Between, Claire Swinarski
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The Kate In Between

Author: Claire Swinarski

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2021

Synopsis

In this timely,
call-to-action contemporary middle grade novel from Claire Swinarski, author of What Happens Next, a twelve-year-old girl must
face herself, and the truth, after her participation in a bullying incident
goes viral. 
Kate McAllister is desperate for
a change. Something to hit refresh and erase the pain of her mother leaving
town without her. So when a group of popular girls folds Kate into their
clique, it feels like the answer to all her problems—even if it means ditching
Haddie, her childhood bestie.
But
when Kate’s new friends decide that Haddie is their next target, Kate becomes a
passive participant in a cruel incident that could have killed Haddie…had Kate
not stepped in, at the last minute, and saved her. The next day, a cell phone
video of the rescue goes viral, and Kate is hailed a hero. But Kate knows the
truth—she was part of the problem—and it’s only a matter of time until the full
version of the video is released and everyone knows it too.
With
so much at stake, Kate must decide who she wants to be: a liar, a follower, or
someone greater.

About Claire Swinarski

Claire Swinarski was born and raised in Wisconsin, where she still lives with her family and writes stories for readers of all ages. What Happens Next was her debut middle grade novel and was followed by The Kate in Between and What Happened to Rachel Riley, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults title, a Cybils Award nominee, and an Edgar Award nominee. These were followed by Take It from the Top and Each and Every Spark. Claire believes wandering around a library can solve 95 percent of life’s problems.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on May 04, 2021

Who is Kate? Is she Kate the Great? Or is she Kate the Bully? She is a 12-year-old who has good days and bad days. Someone who makes mistakes, but is willing to learn from them. Why does the world want to label her? Aren't we all more than one thing? There were so many things I loved about this book......more

Goodreads review by Afoma (Reading Middle Grade) on May 19, 2021

The Kate in Between is a timely, complex, and engaging middle grade book about identity, popularity, bullying culture, and going viral. This unique middle grade book highlights the nuances of being human and shows that no one falls neatly into “good” or “bad” boxes. With a messy, but likable and rel......more

Goodreads review by Faith on October 01, 2021

Twelve is a hard age. Your body is changing, your thought processes are changing--maybe the world isn’t changing any more than it used to, but you’re noticing it now. I clearly remember spending the year I was twelve in a sort of survival mode. I desperately wanted to stay the same. My friends had n......more

Goodreads review by Megan on December 12, 2020

It was a great book and would recommend reading it. Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read it.......more

Goodreads review by Christine on May 25, 2021

Sometimes I read a MG novel and realize that the author has perfectly captured something from my middle grade years and given it back to me. This time author Claire Swinarski has reminded me of how badly I wanted to be accepted back then—enough so that I was willing to participate in bullying or sta......more

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