{"id":10398,"date":"2019-04-19T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10398"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:11:22","slug":"q-questions-bullies-good-luck-pennies-if-this-were-a-story-by-beth-turley-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10398","title":{"rendered":"Q = questions, bullies &#038; good-luck pennies IF THIS WERE A STORY, by Beth Turley (MG book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"259\" data-attachment-id=\"10567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=10567\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?fit=698%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"698,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?fit=698%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?resize=201%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of If This Were a Story, by Beth Hurley. Published by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" class=\"wp-image-10567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?resize=201%2C259&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?resize=116%2C150&amp;ssl=1 116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If this were a story<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Hannah wouldn&#8217;t care about those <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"bullying (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stopbullying.gov\/media\/facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">bullying<\/a> notes in her fifth grade classroom.<br>\u2026she would be an even better speller than angry Kimmy.<br>\u2026her penpal up in 7th grade would be her long-lost sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this were a story<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/why-is-finding-a-penny-good-luck.htm#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"heads-up penny (opens in a new tab)\">heads-up penny<\/a> would bring really good luck.<br>\u2026Ambrose the stuffed elephant could tell her the end of their story.<br>\u2026everything would be perfect at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If only this were a story, instead of real life with real questions and serious problems and bad worries\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How would you rewrite the current chapter of your story?<br> **kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: If This Were a Story \/ Beth Turley. Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018.  [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"author site (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/bethturleybooks.com\/ \" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]  [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/If-This-Were-a-Story\/Beth-Turley\/9781534420618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"publisher site (opens in a new tab)\">publisher site<\/a>]  Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If this were a story \u2026Hannah wouldn&#8217;t care about those bullying notes in her fifth grade classroom.\u2026she would be an even better speller than angry Kimmy.\u2026her penpal up in 7th grade would be her long-lost sister. If this were a story \u2026every heads-up penny would bring really good luck.\u2026Ambrose the stuffed elephant could tell her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,19],"tags":[10,197,11,45,20,5,40,44,43,184,15,9,21,35],"class_list":["post-10398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-books","category-fiction","tag-a2z","tag-bullying","tag-communication","tag-competition","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-mothers","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/if-this-were-a-story-9781534420618_xlg.jpg?fit=698%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10398"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10570,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398\/revisions\/10570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}