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295 pp.
| Charlesbridge |
September, 2018 |
TradeISBN 978-1-58089-749-5$16.99
(2)
4-6
Twelve-year-old aspiring comedian Izzy's home life becomes complicated with the additions of ten-year-old cousin Oliver and his father, deeply depressed after his wife's suicide; and Ben, the sullen sixteen-year-old son of her mother's boyfriend. Izzy's opinionated voice drives a strong narrative. Despite the pain her characters face, Wittlinger's world is ultimately an optimistic one in which emotional suffering is a real problem, but not an insuperable one.
Reviewer: Sarah Rettger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2018