Bigger than a Bread Box
by:
Laurel Snyder (author)
A magical breadbox that delivers whatever you wish for—as long as it fits inside? It's too good to be true! Twelve-year-old Rebecca is struggling with her parents' separation, as well as a sudden move to her gran's house in another state. For a while, the magic bread box, discovered in the...
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A magical breadbox that delivers whatever you wish for—as long as it fits inside? It's too good to be true! Twelve-year-old Rebecca is struggling with her parents' separation, as well as a sudden move to her gran's house in another state. For a while, the magic bread box, discovered in the attic, makes life away from home a little easier. Then suddenly it starts to make things much, much more difficult, and Rebecca is forced to decide not just where, but who she really wants to be. Laurel Snyder's most thought-provoking book yet.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375873256 (0375873252)
Publish date: September 11th 2012
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
While this has a bit of magic in it, it's essentially a real-life, coming-of-age story. I really liked how Rebecca evolved in this story, particularly when it came to her perspectives about her parents and little brother. Her experience and reaction to her parents' separation seemed really true to l...
This was a nice idea, but I personally was very bothered by the lack of system for the magic in the story. The rules didn't quite seem to make sense to me, and I couldn't help wondering why Rebecca didn't have more questions earlier. She doesn't seem to be in the realm of kid raised on classic fanta...
(Original review posted on my livejournal account: http://intoyourlungs.livejournal.com/36031.html)Why I Read It: So this section here will be a disclaimer because I actually read an ARC of this. As I've mentioned many times on this blog I work at a bookstore. For the past two years every October re...
One Wednesday morning Rebecca wakes up, walks down the stairs and sees her mother, packing. Her father is watching, sad and silent, and then Rebecca, her baby brother Lew, and her mother get in the car and leave. They drive all the way to Atlanta, to live with Gran, and Rebecca's doesn't talk to h...
3.75 so rounding up
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