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Vrabel, Beth
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Five middle schoolers are assigned to work in an assisted-living home as punishment for misdeeds. Over the course of one day, they learn to look deeper than the limiting social identities they've each established, bond with the elderly residents, and solve a mystery or two. An ambitious plot is neatly wrapped up in the end.
Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee
(4)
4-6
Twelve-year-old Caleb, who has cystic fibrosis, struggles to cope with his overprotective mother and preoccupied remarried father. Caleb's life changes when he ditches summer camp to hang out with exuberant new friend Kit, who Caleb eventually learns has a mentally unstable and abusive mother. Accurate information about cystic fibrosis throughout overshadows the children's genuine friendship in this well-intentioned but issues-centric story.
Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester
2 reviews
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