Book Review: Fifty-Four Things Wrong With Gwendolyn Rogers

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers

by Caela Carter

HarperCollins Children’s Books

Quill Tree Books

Children’s Fiction | Middle Grade

Pub Date 19 Oct 2021

I am reviewing a copy of Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers;

No one is sure what is wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers, not her mom, or her teachers, or any of the many therapists she has seen. Gwendolyn knows that she doesn’t have just one thing wrong with her, she has fifty four.

Gwendolyn has issues with anger management, irrational thoughts and fears, she struggles with focus.

According to the school report #13 says she is sneaky, #16 says she is impulsive. So Gwendolyn needs to come up with a plan to get these fifty four things she has to work on. Because if she doesn’t get them under control , she’s not going to be able to go to horse camp this summer with her half-brother, Tyler.

Tyler can’t help her though because there’s only one thing “wrong” with him: ADHD.

Her best friend Hattie can’t help her, because she’s perfect.

Gwendolyn feels hopeless until she remembers remembers the one thing that helped her mother when her own life was out of control. Or actually, the twelve things. Will the twelve steps that cured her Mother somehow cure Gwendolyn too?

I give Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!