Kelly, Erin Entrada.HELLO UNIVERSE
New York : Greenwilllow Boos, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 5.1
ISBN 0062414151
Four middle schoolers. Each with their own story to tell. Virgil Salinas is shy and is bullied because of his learning disabilities. Chet Bullens takes delight in bullying Virgil and goes out of his way to terrorize him. Valencia Somerset is deaf and also goes to the resource room with Virgil. Since her best fried dumped her for kids who could hear, Valencia is alone and finds it hard to find new friend. And Kaori Tanaka who fancies herself a psychic telling fortunes for other kids. Their paths will cross when Chet tosses Virgil's backpack down an abandoned well. Now it will take the combined efforts of the others to save his life.
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