Roll with It

In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this
big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an
irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an
unexpected turn when she moves to a new town.
Ellie’s a girl who tells it like it is. That surprises some people, who see a kid
in a wheelchair and think she’s going to be all sunshine and cuddles. The
thing is, Ellie has big dreams: She might be eating Stouffer’s for dinner,
but one day she’s going to be a professional baker. If she’s not writing fan
letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she’s practicing recipes on her
well-meaning, if overworked, mother.
But when Ellie and her mom move so they can help take care of her ailing
grandpa, Ellie has to start all over again in a new town at a new school.
Except she’s not just the new kid—she’s the new kid in the wheelchair who
lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. It all feels like one
challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her first-ever friends. Now
she just has to convince her mom that this town might just be the best
thing that ever happened to them!