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Weston, Carol

Melanie Martin Goes Dutch: The Private Diary of My Almost Bummer Summer with Cecily, Matt the Bra

227 pp. | Knopf | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82195-3 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-92195-8 $$17.99
(4) 4-6 When her mother wins a grant to study van Gogh in Amsterdam, about-to-be-fifth-grader Melanie, her younger brother, and her best friend Cecily spend a week touring the city and surrounding areas. While Melanie's resentment of the attention her family shows Cecily (whose mother is in the hospital) is believable, her subsequent about-face is not as convincing. The diary smoothly incorporates art history lessons on various Dutch artists.
Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman

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