(3) 4-6 Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. Illustrated by Johanna Wright. Ten-year-old Celie adjusts to a new apartment and school in this third volume (Friendship Over; Secrets Out!), once again told through diary entries, notes, and lively sketches. Drama surrounding old and new friends as well as her sister's boyfriend mixes with more humorous moments and Celie's sweet, mutually supportive relationship with her grandmother.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) 4-6 Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. Illustrated by Johanna Wright. Ten-year-old Celie (Friendship Over!) continues her ultra-honest (and at times unintentionally funny) journal. Here she's dealing with changing friendship dynamics; older sister Jo surreptitiously texting--and possibly more--with a boy; and, most worrying, her grandmother's worsening memory problems. Celie's voice is fresh, unselfconscious, and emphatic. Much of the book's considerable humor, and pathos, are communicated in Celie's heartfelt sketches, diagrams, and notes.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015

(2) 4-6 Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series. Illustrated by Johanna Wright. For her tenth birthday, Celie receives a journal, in which she relates her friendship and family woes (best friend Lula has suddenly become mean; Granny starts acting strangely) through authentic-sounding entries, drawings, and a variety of notes and letters. Celie navigates her troubles in a manner both satisfying and believable; readers can look forward to more of Celie's heartfelt, funny diaries.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015