Why read The Kid Who Ran for Principal?

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A shy sixth grader learns to assert herself when she is encouraged to run for interim principal of her school

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Kid Who Ran for Principal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Leila Sales

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This book was in my third-grade classroom library, and I read it so many times that when the school year ended, my teacher let me keep it. I’m glad she did, because I’ve never seen it anywhere else.

This was the first book I ever fell in love with about a kid doing something you thought only grown-ups were supposed to do—namely, becoming principal of her own school! Adult readers might protest that this premise is “unrealistic,” but it’s written in such a way that as a young reader it seemed completely plausible to me.

As a kid, there’s just…

From Leila's list on The best books about kids doing things you thought only grown-ups could do.