A review by cdale8
Focused by Alyson Gerber

4.0

3.5 rounded to 4. Good voicing and clear storyline arc for an ADHD central character. Bonus points that it showed the pitfalls around having ADHD as a girl navigating middle school, as so much is written from the hyperactive primary grade (joey pigza) or teen boy (percy jackson) perspective. Was a little unrealistic in the tidy accommodations and responses to the ADHD by the friends, school personnel, parents, etc. and the ease/quickness with which a full workup was obtained without the main character actually in any crisis/legal trouble to fast-track them into an appointment.