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Woodworth, Chris
3 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Trying to keep their family afloat during tough financial times, twelve-year-old Ivy's mother has taken in a boarder--an odd boy named Caleb, whom Ivy thinks is a liar. Soon Ivy finds that Caleb has hidden talents, as well as a few secrets. Woodworth's characters, adults and children alike, are well drawn and vivid, and her prose has a storyteller's lilt.
Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby
(4)
YA
When thirteen-year-old Eddie's mother discovers he's been looking at porn websites, she sends him to live with his great-uncle Peavey for a month. Resentful at first, Eddie comes to appreciate the family history Peavey reveals. Eddie's mom's overreaction isn't entirely believable and readers will see the lessons learned from a mile away, but teens may relate to Eddie's "it's not fair" attitude.
Reviewer: Amanda Mc. MacGregor
(3)
4-6
When a strange new boy moves in next door, Lydia scornfully dubs him Ratboy because of his pet raccoon, but their relationship deepens as the secrets of their troubled families are slowly revealed. Set in small-town Indiana in 1962, this first novel is a heartfelt portrait of families destroyed by alcoholism and restored by kindness.
Reviewer: Gay Pampalone
3 reviews
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