Ever since a classmate called her weird in front of all the other students, Autumn has tried not to draw attention to herself, so how is she going to listen to her father's advice to take one action to make a difference? (Besides, his idea of making a difference is to join the Peace Corps and leave his family for 2 years, so Autumn isn't sure about the value of his advice.) Then the perfect opportunity appears: she is chosen to be the anonymous advice columnist for the school newspaper. Now she can make a difference and not be noticed at the same time...right? I think just about every middle schooler can relate to Autumn's situation in this sympathetic story.

The book is Amazing! Dear student gives life lessons

tHis bOOk Is gReaT.

it was good

While I liked the parts of the book about Autumn and her challenges, I could not really get into the story because I could not believe that her dad would leave their family to join the Peace Corps. Seriously??? I don't like how this book "normalizes" her dad leaving them for that reason. It's unrealistic, imho, that Autumn and her mom and sister would really support her dad leaving them for his own selfish reasons. It's like normalizing abuse and this story is just normalizing accepting being treated like that. That is what I kept thinking about throughout this whole SAD story. I would not recommend this book to other kids because, while it is interesting to read about Autumn's courage at school, it ultimately tries to make the case that what her father did to her and her family is okay. And it's not.