Zipper: The Kid with ADHD

By Caroline D. Janover and Caroline Janover

Book Overview

"Stop tapping " groans Zipper's sister. "Can't you EVER sit still?" It seems Zack (better known as Zipper) is always getting into trouble. A smart, athletic 5th grader, Zipper speaks and acts before he thinks. His impulsivity drives his friends and family crazy. When Zipper earns the money to rent a drum set, he begins to turn his life around. "Youngsters with ADHD will really relate to Caroline Janover's novel. The author has written a wonderful story which entertains as well as teaches."-Harvey Parker, Ph.D., author of The ADD Hyperactivity Handbook for Parent's, Teachers and Kids

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595476155
• ISBN13: 9780595476152
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A good, realistic story

This story is very fast paced, just like the narrator's life. In the beginning, Zipper doesn't have a clue he has ADHD, and so gets in trouble for behavior such as forgetting to show up at a baseball game and impulsively saying mean things to his best friend at school. Later on, he starts to channel his energies more constructively, such as by helping out at a nursing home and learning to play the drums. Once he gets treated, you see him progress from being kind of a jerk to being a more likeable kid. Everybody who knows a kid with ADHD should read this, especially teachers!