by Laurel Snyder
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
3.75 so rounding up
This isn't a story about divorce, it's a story about crisis. When Rebecca's mother has had enough, she packs toddler Lew and 12-year-old Rebecca in the car and runs away from their home in Baltimore to her mother in Atlanta. Rebecca does not deal well with any of this. When she discovers a magic bre...
Bigger Than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder is the story of a young girl going through a very difficult time in her life: her parents' separation.In this story, Rebecca faces the very real truth that her parents are fighting, and that there is nothing she can do to make it better. Rebecca dearly loves ...
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