Figure It Out, Henri Weldon

Tanita S. Davis, author ofPartly CloudyandSerena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family lifeall about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part of a team while handling a learning disability. This middle grade novel is perfect for fans ofFrom the Desk of Zoe WashingtonandA Good Kind of Trouble.

Seventh grader Henrietta Weldon gets to switch schoolsfinally! Shell be mainstreaming into public school, leaving her special education school behind. She cant wait for her new schedule, new friends, and new classes.

Henris dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand, is what she expects to give her problems. What she doesnt expect is a family feud with her sister over her new friends, joining the girls soccer team, and discovering poetry. Henris tutor and new friend, Vinnie, reminds her to take it slow. One problem at a time.

If Henri Weldon has twenty-four hours in a day, and she has two siblings who dislike her four new friends, two hours of soccer practice, seven hours of classes, and three hours of homework . . . she has:

A.No free time

B.No idea how to make everyone happy

C.No time to figure it out, Henri Weldon!

Tanita S. Davisis the award-winning author of several novels for middle grade and young adult readers, includingSerena Says,Peas and Carrots,Happy Families, andMares War,which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and earned her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award. She grew up in California and was so chatty as a kid that her mother begged her to just write it down. Now shes back in California, doing her best to keep writing it all down. Visit her at tanitasdavis.com.

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publish Date: January 17, 2023
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780063143579
• Dimensions: 7.6 in H | 5.1 in W | 0.5 lb Wt
• BISAC Categories: Kids