Review by the resident 10yo. I think she did not like the topic of the book. We found it in the children's section of the library. May be more appropriate for middle school or high school. Jane, the Fox, and Me is a book about a young girl named Helene who is teased that she weighs more then she ...
I think this one got a lot of good press and with good reason. A delicate, lovely illustrated book with a personal-feeling take on how it feels to not fit in in middle school and how hard it is to just shake it off and be who you are, but not with too much wallowing or self-pity. Literary allusio...
A beautiful little book. This is another quick read but it feels like such a telling story of childhood and the awkward phase moving into adulthood. Reading this book I remembered the sad moments of my own childhood and struggles to make friends and realized how lucky I was that I had a strong fa...