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Burns, Catherine Lloyd

The Half-True Lies of Cricket Cohen

246 pp. | Farrar | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-30041-8 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-374-30042-5
(4) 4-6 Sixth grader Cricket lies easily and has an overactive imagination, which gets her into trouble with everyone but her unconventional grandmother, Dodo. When Dodo's dementia takes a steep dive while Cricket's Manhattan-socialite parents are away, Cricket manages the situation and does some growing up. Cricket and Dodo are appealing enough, but the parents are cardboard characters who occupy too much of the book's space.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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