Golden Ticket

by Kate Egan

Narrated by Sandy Rustin

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Pub Date Jun 21 2022 | Archive Date Jun 24 2022

RB Media | Recorded Books

Children's Fiction

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Description

A middle grade novel by Kate Egan, Golden Ticket explores friendship, academic anxiety, and what it means to be special.

Eleven-year-old Ash McNulty is one of the “gifted and talented” kids at her school, spending most of her day in a special class with a few other advanced students. As the end of fifth grade rolls around, she should be on top of the world. According to everyone, she’s going to rock junior high!

But Ash has a secret: She can’t keep up with her advanced classmates anymore. The minute she asks for help though, everyone will know she’s not who they think she is. She’s not so smart. She might not even be that special. And her parents will be crushed to discover the truth.

If Ash can win the Quiz Bowl, though, that will show everyone that she is still on top. If she gets a lucky break ahead of time, all the better.

Except that “lucky break” backfires . . .

And Ash is left to question everything she thought she knew about school, friends, and success.

A middle grade novel by Kate Egan, Golden Ticket explores friendship, academic anxiety, and what it means to be special.

Eleven-year-old Ash McNulty is one of the “gifted and talented” kids at her...

Advance Praise

"Through realistically flawed characters and engaging third-person prose, Egan (the Magic Shop series) explores resource allocation, internal and external definitions of success, and what it means to be “gifted.” ―Publishers Weekly

"Egan creates a high degree of tension in the early chapters, mirroring the conflict within Ash, a good kid who makes some bad decisions and has to live with the consequences, but just as involving is her later exploration of who she is, where she fits in, and what she really wants. . . engaging" ―Booklist