Title: If You're So Smart, How Come You Can't Spell Mississippi?
Description: Introduces the mainstream student and educator to the world of the child who struggles academically. The main character discovers her father is dyslexic, as is one of her classmates-- and she tries to make sense of it.
Subjects: Special education, Anxiety, Learning disabled children, Spelling ability, Cognitive styles in children, English language, Fiction, Learning disabilities, Elementary education, Dyslexia, Juvenile fiction, Dyslexic children, Language arts, Spelling, Orthography and spelling, Self-esteem