However, the author allows too much action to occur offstage, and there's not enough information about Carlos's unspecified disorder to understand him or the teachers' treatment of him. The suspenseful forest scene in which the plan goes awry and the children become lost stirs the primeval fears of cold and dark, and generates empathy for both the pranksters and the victim. They will commiserate with the students over the perceived favoritism that Carlos receives. Trina's anger and embarrassment after her in-class humiliation because of an accident Carlos causes becomes almost visceral, and readers will be shocked at how well they identify with her in that moment. Emerson fully explores some characters only to leave others languishing. As Trina gets to know Carlos, she begins second-guessing herself, especially since Sara, her best friend, has grown distant. Trina uncovers his fear of aliens after being partnered with him for a school project, and the pranksters plan an extraterrestrial encounter for him during their class's wilderness excursion. But it was alright, I wouldn't read it again.Grade 4–6-Trina and her seventh-grade classmates organize a trick against Carlos, their special-needs classmate with big hair, a squeaky voice, and scratching issues. I just wanted to know what was wrong and why he blamed aliens. I don't like the guessing game it makes you play. Carlos is pretty annoying and it never really says what is wrong with him. Maybe just a moral to the story, but not really like an interesting plot. It was a cute story, didn't really have a main point.

Review 2: May contain spoilers!!!-Not much to say about this book really. Nice work! I recommend it to others all the time, kids and adults alike. It avoids being didactic because of that mildly heartrending finish. more e way it ends is in more of a place of regret, which is how real life situations like this often end, where you are sad for what you did and also sad for what you failed to do. I was wishing for a happier ending, but that really would've made the book less powerful. This author is a master at capturing the teen voice and helping us care about these characters. Which was, of course, unfortunate because I'd paid a lot of money to attend the conference and only a little money for the book.so I had to put the book away but for the rest of the day I just COULDN'T WAIT to get home and read more.As a writer, I'm always looking at ways other writers build characters and tell a story.

I was flipping through it while sitting in the conference room listening to a speaker and immediately the world around me disappeared and I was sucked into the world of the story.

I bought it at a writers' conference where the author was speaking.

Carlos Is Gonna Get It by Kevin Emerson