Audience: Grades 6 & up Format: Hardcover/Library Copy No one at my old school knew about my peanut allergy... - first line Sadie is moving to a new high school. This is a chance to reinvent herself, and perhaps even be popular. So she decides to pretend to have a peanut allergy, but she does...
I received a free kindle copy of Last But Not Least Lola & the Wild Chicken by Christine Pakkala, pictures by Paul Hoppe, published by Boyd Mills Press, an Imprint of Highlights, from NetGalley for fair review. I gave it an almost four stars.Grandma tucks Lola in for bed but doesn't know about the p...
Tyler Sears is newly released from prison, on parole, and working as a bartender. He has vowed to give up his life of crime because if he gets caught in the act again it will be his third strike and it'll be prison for the rest of his life. Tyler's life on the outside isn't great, but he does have a...
Dear diary, I am so glad I wasn't this ... What? Dumb? Weird? Desperate? I don't know, actually ... In high school. Thank bob that my parents kept a pretty even keel, and I grew up pretty well-adjusted and never faked a life-threatening allergy. I did pretend I needed glasses for a few months though...
I'm leaning more towards a 1.5 because this work is largely inoffensive, but I still found it so uninspiring that I can't bring myself to bump it up to 2 stars.But before I get into that, I think I should explain something a little more personal first: I suffer from food allergies (including peanuts...
Review to come!
The synopsis really says it all. So, here is my take on it. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the cover. I couldn’t wait to pick this one up and read it. BUT, I HATED HATED HATED the main character.Here we have a girl who is changing schools and leaving her best friend behind. Sure, she’s nervous. I get that. ...
Cute, story with echoes of Where the Wild Things Are. A boy's bunny is missing at bedtime, and he goes "into the woods" to find it. Along the way, he encounters scary monsters, who just have normal issues like boredom, a stomachache, and fear of the dark. The boy befriends each one, who join the sea...
Maybe I missed it but I was never quite clear on why Sadie invented her peanut allergy.
See my forthcoming review in Kirkus.
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