The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt

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Moxie Roosevelt Kipper has endured thirteen years of being an ordinary girl with an unordinary name. Now that she's entered boarding school, the time is ripe to reinvent herself. She-ll become unusual, outlandish, unexpected, sassy-someone worthy of a name like 'Moxie.' But who exactly? From Mysterious Earth Goddess to Hale and Hearty Sports Enthusiast; from Detached, Unique, Coolly Knowing Individual to Assertive Revolutionary Activist, Moxie tries them all, while keeping her true talent for piano-playing a ...

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Moxie Roosevelt Kipper has endured thirteen years of being an ordinary girl with an unordinary name. Now that she's entered boarding school, the time is ripe to reinvent herself. She-ll become unusual, outlandish, unexpected, sassy-someone worthy of a name like 'Moxie.' But who exactly? From Mysterious Earth Goddess to Hale and Hearty Sports Enthusiast; from Detached, Unique, Coolly Knowing Individual to Assertive Revolutionary Activist, Moxie tries them all, while keeping her true talent for piano-playing a secret. But at boarding school, Moxie isn't the only one who isn't what she claims to be.

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Children's Literature - Annie Laura Smith
When Moxie Roosevelt Kipper enters Eaton Academy, a prestigious girls' boarding school, on a music scholarship, she struggles to fit in. How can a girl maintain named after an obscure 1920s soft drink, two dead presidents, and a pickled herring maintain a shred of self respect in school? Never mind that her roommate is named Spinky Spanger and has crew cut green hair, piercings, a dog collar, and tattoos. Should Moxie assume a different identity? How about Mysterious Earth Goddess (MEG)? Hale and Hearty Sports Enthusiast (HHSE)? Assertive Revolutionary Activist (ARA) or Detached, Unique, Coolly Knowing Individual (DUCKI)? As she tries all of these identities, and more, she keeps a journal of her endeavors. Along the way she meets others with equally complicated identities. Others she meets are not who they appear to be. When her journal disappears, Moxie fears her fake identities will be exposed. This is a funny story about a very sympathetic character, on the complicated journey to self-discovery. When Moxie finally realizes that true friends like you for who you are, she embraces her real identity. This is an excellent read for young readers, many of whom are also on same path to self-discovery and can relate to Moxie's journey. Reviewer: Annie Laura Smith
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Gr 5–8—Moxie Roosevelt Kipper, 13, has always felt too ordinary for her extraordinary name, and she plans to reinvent herself now that she has gone away to boarding school on a music scholarship. At the Eaton Academy for Girls, she tries out several personas, including Mysterious Earth Goddess (MEG), Hale and Hearty Sports Enthusiast (HHSE), and Detached, Unique, Coolly Knowing Individual (DUCKI). Moxie keeps a logbook just to remember which personality she's been using with whom. It's exhausting, but she's holding it together, just barely, until she realizes that her journal is missing. She's terrified it might land in the wrong hands. Moxie is every young teen who believes that other people's lives are more exciting than her own and wants to make herself special, too. While her misadventures are hilarious, Moxie is an endearing, complex character with whom young adults can easily identify. In the end, she realizes that true friends like you for who you are and enjoy differences as well as similarities. This great book has a good message without ever becoming preachy.—Nancy P. Reeder, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
Kirkus Reviews
Thirteen-year-old Moxie is fully cognizant of the burdens attendant upon being named after two presidents and an obscure soft drink. Feeling that she has failed to live up to her moniker, the burgeoning pianist longs to shed her perceived bland persona. A music scholarship to an all-girls boarding school provides Moxie with the opportunity for change. Like a human chameleon, Moxie adjusts her personality to reflect the intriguing people she meets. Her reluctant participation in a confidence-building comedy workshop provides Moxie with the tools to overcome her insecurities. Ultimately she learns to test her mettle, musically and personally, leading to her recognition of the parallels between her musical endeavors and the development of her identity. Kimmel's sharply observed novel reflects a keen understanding of the agony of self-definition that is adolescence. Readers will cheer for Moxie as she charts her path toward self-acceptance. (Fiction. 10-14)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142418703
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 6/9/2011
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 773,049
  • Age range: 10 - 13 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is the acclaimed author of the Suddenly Supernatural and Lily B. on the Brink series. She lives in Cold Spring, New York.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2012

    Good!!!!!!!!!

    This is an awesome book to read, I have to read it in class for acelerated reader points.

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  • Posted July 6, 2011

    Awesome

    Best book ever

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    Posted February 28, 2013

    Bravo

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 17, 2012

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    This book is awesome!!!! It is about a girl who goes to a boarding school and has a different personality for all her friends. That gets complicated. This book is very funny and easyto relate to. 11+

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