Rick

By: Alex Gino

Narrated by: Alex Gino

From the award-winning author of Melissa, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend.

Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.

But now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. Rick wants his own life to be that... understood. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones.

As they did in their groundbreaking novel MELISSA, in RICK, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world... and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be.

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powerful

I loved George, but this book, IMO, was even more powerful. Thank you for writing these books so I can share them in my classroom!

a story of identity and what friendships mean.

I absolutely love this story.
this writer is incredibly good at making very likable characters, to a degree I have seen very few able to do.
the grandfather character in particular made me smile every time he talked.

the voice acting is a little below the bar but it's nothing too big.

all and all it's an amazing read for any age.
5 out of 5

the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is so good but read george first I recomend this for every child and adult alex gino is the best author ever!!!!

I love their stories

I enjoyed all of Alex's book, but Rick stands out for it perfect balance of seriousness and lightheartedness. I highly recommend anything by Alex Gino!

The main character

OK, I love the story and the characters, but there’s just this one little character that I hate and his name is Jeff