The Snurtch
words by Sean Ferrell, pictures by Charles Santoso
published by Atheneum, Simon & Schuster
Some days are Snurtch days. Ruthie is having one of those.
Ruthie has a problem at school.
It is not the students. It is not the classroom. It is not the reading or the writing or the math. It is something scribbly, scrunchy, grabby, burpy, and rude. It is the Snurtch.
Original in its visual and linguistic presentation of behavioral problems, this important call for understanding should sit on library, classroom, and bedroom shelves—the high ones, just above a Snurtch’s reach.”
– Kirkus Reviews, May 2016, *STARRED REVIEW*