My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer
by Jennifer Gennart
Book Description:
Twelve-year-old
June Farrell is sure of one thing—she’s great at making pies—and she plans to
prove it by winning a blue ribbon in the Champlain Valley Fair pie competition.
But a backlash against Vermont’s civil union law threatens her family’s security
and their business. Even when faced with bullying, June won’t give up on winning
the blue ribbon; more importantly, she won’t give up on her family.
Quick Review:
I really enjoyed this title. I think it's a lot more serious than the cover leads readers to believe. It handles the issue of families with homosexual parents very well. I'm glad I read it. Probably best for 5-7th grade readers.
Dying to Meet You
by Kate Klise and M.
Sarah Klise43 Old Cemetary Road, book one
Book Description:
This is the
story of the churlish, child-hating sixty-year-old children’s book author
Ignatius B. Grumply, who rents an old Victorian mansion in Ghastly, Illinois,
for the summer . . . only to find it already inhabited. Enter eleven-year-old
Seymour Hope and the vivacious, “old as dirt” writer-ghost Olive C. Spence. The
ensuing tale of unlikely roommates is cleverly, seamlessly told in letters,
newspaper articles, Grumply’s work-in-progress “Ghost Tamer” manuscript, and
winning illustrations by M. Sarah Klise.
Quick Review:
Quick Review:
Cute. I love all the different "media" used
to tell the story. The letters, the newspaper articles, etc. It was a fun
read. A great read for grades 4-6.
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