elementarybookworm 's review for:

The Ethan I Was Before by Ali Standish
5.0

So. Dang. Good.

I previewed the audiobook with my 5th graders at the end of the year while we were looking for good summer reads. We were all hooked.

I could not put it down. You find yourself rooting for Ethan, feeling sorry for him, and wanting to shake some sense into him all within the same few pages.

I love when books leave me feeling satisfied, even when I don’t get the ending I wanted. Can not recommend this enough to students or to teachers as a class read aloud.