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213 pp.
| Simon |
April, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-7101-6$16.99
(2)
4-6
For Juliet, the Cuban Missile Crisis coincides with turbulence in her fifth-grade relationships. While her former best friend ignores her, a new friend's brash fearlessness can be annoying and even scary. Wittlinger conveys a sober knowingness that deepens the seemingly bland innocence of 1960s girlhood. Her prose has the same bracing good sense and down-to-earth humor of her main character.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2010