{"id":8810288709869,"title":"The Ripple Effect","handle":"the-ripple-effect","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rebecca-caprara\"\u003eRebecca Caprara\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's a perfect day for making mischief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixth-graders have always said farewell to Kettleby Elementary with a class prank, and the school has always allowed it—as long as they play by the rules. Class clown Zella Trudi is determined to think up the greatest prank of all time. Maybe then, everyone will quit laughing at funny Internet videos and start laughing at her jokes again. But when her great idea goes a little too far, the whole class is punished, and it's all her fault. Can she turn it around—and save her family's struggling ice cream shop—before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRedemption, friendship, and a remarkable chain of kindness tastes even sweeter than the Trudi family's famous raspberry ripple ice cream in this warm-hearted middle grade novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/school.teachingbooks.net\/book_reading.cgi?a=1\u0026amp;id=36933\" target=\"new\"\u003eMeet the Author\u003c\/a\u003e Recording with Rebecca Caprara at TeachingBooks.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/worst-case-collin\"\u003eWorst-Case Collin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/captain-skidmark-dances-with-destiny\"\u003eCaptain Skidmark Dances with Destiny\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/friend-or-fiction\"\u003eFriend or Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n[TABS]\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1721057833\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-readers-group-guide.pdf?v=1737657090\"\u003eDownload the Readers' Group Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Caprara, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Caprara has been writing stories since she was a little girl. What she enjoys the most is writing across genres and form for middle-grade readers. Her middle-grade novels include \u003cem\u003eWorst-Case Collin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Magic of Melwick Orchard. \u003c\/em\u003eShe is also the author of the young adult novel \u003cem\u003eSpin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rebecca-caprara\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Rebecca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSometimes the smallest gesture can make a significant difference in the way someone looks at life. Zella, Bowie, and Janae are best friends in their small town of Kettleby. Like most small towns, everyone knows everyone else, and the village raises the kids. The elementary school in Kettleby has a tradition that the sixth-grade class creates a gift for the school to express their appreciation for all the hard work done by the employees. This includes not just teachers but also bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and custodians. Over the years, this tradition has taken on the appearance of a prank, committed by the sixth grade in their last week of school. Zella feels a great responsibility to be the student who creates the Prank, with a capital P. She knows that her classmates, especially Bowie and Janae, will support her idea and help to carry it out. Zella tends to have innovative ideas, but lacks good results in carrying the ideas to fruition. When the Super Prank fails, Zella has to find a way to redeem herself with family, friends, and fellow students. She cannot imagine that these are the very people who will help her find redemption. Capara has allowed the upper elementary and middle school reader an opportunity to know several main characters and shows the reader how their lives intersect. This 400-page book also offers a great community vibe that will encourage kids to take part in community events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA small-town tween dreams of leaving her mark before moving on to middle school.\u003cbr\u003e\nItalian American Marzella Trudi lives in Kettleby, a former mill town in the Northeast, where her mom runs the family ice cream shop, Trudi Treats. But Nan died, Pops’ dementia is getting worse, and the shop might be in trouble. Zella also worries about being “left out and left behind”; her best friends, Janea and Bowie, have their interests in fashion and music, respectively, and class clown Zella feels pressure to leave her own mark by coming up with the best sixth grade prank ever. When she does come up with a great idea, a mishap leads to disaster. Given a second chance, Zella redeems herself through what she dubs the Ripple Effect: performing acts of kindness and challenging others to pay them forward, thus having an exponential effect on Kettleby and its residents. Zella is the central narrator, but Janea, Bowie, fifth grade journalist Shelby, new kid Declan, and others each have several brief chapters, offering readers insights into their own struggles, such as Bowie’s parents’ divorce and Declan’s sister’s health concerns. The takeaway message—“kindness is its own sort of magic”—is reminiscent of Kelly Barnhill’s The Ogress and the Orphans, and though Zella’s story doesn’t have the same mythic heft, a touch of something inexplicable and joyful brightens the tale. The cover art points to some racial diversity among the supporting cast.\u003cbr\u003e\nAn uplifting story of personal and community transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTo secure her title as the class clown, sixth grader Marzella Trudi is determined to come up with the best class prank her small town of Kettleby has ever seen. With the help of best friends Bowie, a organized pianist, and Janea, a fashionista with a growing online presence, Zella attempts to generate the perfect idea; sheʼs simultaneously concerned about her familyʼs failing ice cream business and her grandfatherʼs worsening dementia. Zella 􀀂nally hits on a plan, but when the prank back􀀂res spectacularly, the whole class is punished, and Zella must 􀀂nd a way to make amends. By utilizing alternating 􀀂rst- and thirdperson narrators—including Zella, Bowie, and\nJanea, as well as other classmates and Kettleby residents—Caprara (Worst-Case Collin) underscores the importance of community in this saccharine paean to paying it forward. A leisurely buildup shi􀀃s gears into rapid-􀀂re snapshots\ndepicting community spirit and the importance of kindness and cooperation, making for a quiet small-town novel that eschews self-re􀀄ection and drawn-out con􀀄ict for tidy, sometimes passive solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-324-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 9–12\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 400\u003cbr\u003e5\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 8\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csub\u003e4\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date: February 18, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TABS]\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-09-26T19:11:34-04:00","created_at":"2024-09-03T11:02:02-04:00","vendor":"Charlesbridge","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Middle Grade","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Fiction","Browse by Format_Novel","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_Life Lessons \u0026 Skills","Browse by Subject_School Days"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":46969748291821,"title":"Hardcover","option1":"Hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"43242","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":41463527178477,"product_id":8810288709869,"position":1,"created_at":"2024-07-15T11:37:08-04:00","updated_at":"2024-07-15T11:37:10-04:00","alt":null,"width":600,"height":900,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830","variant_ids":[46969748291821]},"available":true,"name":"The Ripple Effect - Hardcover","public_title":"Hardcover","options":["Hardcover"],"price":1799,"weight":743,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":10,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781623543242","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":33758533353709,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":900,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830"],"featured_image":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":33758533353709,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":900,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":900,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/charlesbridgeteen.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rebecca-caprara\"\u003eRebecca Caprara\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's a perfect day for making mischief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSixth-graders have always said farewell to Kettleby Elementary with a class prank, and the school has always allowed it—as long as they play by the rules. Class clown Zella Trudi is determined to think up the greatest prank of all time. Maybe then, everyone will quit laughing at funny Internet videos and start laughing at her jokes again. But when her great idea goes a little too far, the whole class is punished, and it's all her fault. Can she turn it around—and save her family's struggling ice cream shop—before it's too late?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRedemption, friendship, and a remarkable chain of kindness tastes even sweeter than the Trudi family's famous raspberry ripple ice cream in this warm-hearted middle grade novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/school.teachingbooks.net\/book_reading.cgi?a=1\u0026amp;id=36933\" target=\"new\"\u003eMeet the Author\u003c\/a\u003e Recording with Rebecca Caprara at TeachingBooks.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/worst-case-collin\"\u003eWorst-Case Collin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/captain-skidmark-dances-with-destiny\"\u003eCaptain Skidmark Dances with Destiny\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/friend-or-fiction\"\u003eFriend or Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n[TABS]\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-cover.jpg?v=1721057830\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1721057833\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/ripple-effect-readers-group-guide.pdf?v=1737657090\"\u003eDownload the Readers' Group Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Caprara, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Caprara has been writing stories since she was a little girl. What she enjoys the most is writing across genres and form for middle-grade readers. Her middle-grade novels include \u003cem\u003eWorst-Case Collin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Magic of Melwick Orchard. \u003c\/em\u003eShe is also the author of the young adult novel \u003cem\u003eSpin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/rebecca-caprara\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Rebecca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSometimes the smallest gesture can make a significant difference in the way someone looks at life. Zella, Bowie, and Janae are best friends in their small town of Kettleby. Like most small towns, everyone knows everyone else, and the village raises the kids. The elementary school in Kettleby has a tradition that the sixth-grade class creates a gift for the school to express their appreciation for all the hard work done by the employees. This includes not just teachers but also bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and custodians. Over the years, this tradition has taken on the appearance of a prank, committed by the sixth grade in their last week of school. Zella feels a great responsibility to be the student who creates the Prank, with a capital P. She knows that her classmates, especially Bowie and Janae, will support her idea and help to carry it out. Zella tends to have innovative ideas, but lacks good results in carrying the ideas to fruition. When the Super Prank fails, Zella has to find a way to redeem herself with family, friends, and fellow students. She cannot imagine that these are the very people who will help her find redemption. Capara has allowed the upper elementary and middle school reader an opportunity to know several main characters and shows the reader how their lives intersect. This 400-page book also offers a great community vibe that will encourage kids to take part in community events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA small-town tween dreams of leaving her mark before moving on to middle school.\u003cbr\u003e\nItalian American Marzella Trudi lives in Kettleby, a former mill town in the Northeast, where her mom runs the family ice cream shop, Trudi Treats. But Nan died, Pops’ dementia is getting worse, and the shop might be in trouble. Zella also worries about being “left out and left behind”; her best friends, Janea and Bowie, have their interests in fashion and music, respectively, and class clown Zella feels pressure to leave her own mark by coming up with the best sixth grade prank ever. When she does come up with a great idea, a mishap leads to disaster. Given a second chance, Zella redeems herself through what she dubs the Ripple Effect: performing acts of kindness and challenging others to pay them forward, thus having an exponential effect on Kettleby and its residents. Zella is the central narrator, but Janea, Bowie, fifth grade journalist Shelby, new kid Declan, and others each have several brief chapters, offering readers insights into their own struggles, such as Bowie’s parents’ divorce and Declan’s sister’s health concerns. The takeaway message—“kindness is its own sort of magic”—is reminiscent of Kelly Barnhill’s The Ogress and the Orphans, and though Zella’s story doesn’t have the same mythic heft, a touch of something inexplicable and joyful brightens the tale. The cover art points to some racial diversity among the supporting cast.\u003cbr\u003e\nAn uplifting story of personal and community transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTo secure her title as the class clown, sixth grader Marzella Trudi is determined to come up with the best class prank her small town of Kettleby has ever seen. With the help of best friends Bowie, a organized pianist, and Janea, a fashionista with a growing online presence, Zella attempts to generate the perfect idea; sheʼs simultaneously concerned about her familyʼs failing ice cream business and her grandfatherʼs worsening dementia. Zella 􀀂nally hits on a plan, but when the prank back􀀂res spectacularly, the whole class is punished, and Zella must 􀀂nd a way to make amends. By utilizing alternating 􀀂rst- and thirdperson narrators—including Zella, Bowie, and\nJanea, as well as other classmates and Kettleby residents—Caprara (Worst-Case Collin) underscores the importance of community in this saccharine paean to paying it forward. A leisurely buildup shi􀀃s gears into rapid-􀀂re snapshots\ndepicting community spirit and the importance of kindness and cooperation, making for a quiet small-town novel that eschews self-re􀀄ection and drawn-out con􀀄ict for tidy, sometimes passive solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-324-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 9–12\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 400\u003cbr\u003e5\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csub\u003e2\u003c\/sub\u003e x 8\u003csup\u003e1\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csub\u003e4\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date: February 18, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\/TABS]\u003c\/p\u003e"}