by Susan Patron, Matt Phelan
A super quick audio book with only three discs. I'm honestly surprised this one a Newberry as I found the book more annoying than anything. It's certainly interesting making my way through all the award winning books each year. This is probably going to be one of my least favorites of them. Lucky...
I'll admit that aside from reading mostly serious fiction, I read a lot of children's books as well, although only seldom do I review one. To be perfectly honest, most kids' books do not grab me or portray any life lessons, but there are some exceptional authors out there that I praise whenever i ha...
I just picked this one up at the library because it’s a Newbery book and I’m trying to expand my reading list. On the first page I stopped and thought to myself, “OH. It’s that book.” If you know what I’m talking about, you too may be a Newbery nerd. ANYWAY. It’s a decent book, though I feel like th...
I seriously cannot believe that this book was pulled from the shelves of school libraries because of the use of the word "scrotum." I've wanted to read this book ever since I heard of the controversy, and it saddens me now to think that some children may have missed out on reading this book because...
Seemed a pretty mature book for a children's book.
Lucky isn’t. That is, Lucky has not had much luck. Her mother died. Her father never wanted a child. Her guardian is Brigitte, her father’s ex-wife sent from France to take care of Lucky, and Lucky fears Brigitte is tired of caring for her. Lucky senses her life needs more and she finds some comfort...
Sometimes you need a super cute children's book to counteract stress. This is one of those books.
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