I picked up this tiny book of poetry because I have immense fondness for Sharon Creech’s novel Walk Two Moons. I blazed through this in one sitting- reading a physical copy while listening to the audiobook aptly narrated by Scott Wolf. The youthful voice of an elementary boy shines through the simple poetic prose. It took me a bit to get into the narrative but a linear story unfolds that is both sweet and tugs at the heartstrings. Moments reminded me of Beverly Cleary’s Dear Mr. Henshaw. I recommend this quick read.

I really like this book because it has gems in it and I like Amaya. I think someone else would like it because it has a girl who really likes her friends and they go into a place called gem world. I really like how at the end she gets her brother back and she gets her parents back with her brother.

For readers who have met New York author (and eventual resident of Maine) Lucy Barton in Strout’s other books, this is an interesting deep dive into her life. It focuses on a period in. Barton’s life where her children were young and she is in the hospital for nine weeks with a severe infection following routine surgery. Not sure if I would have enjoyed this story if I hadn’t read about Barton in Strout’s other books.

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This is such a good book, especially for people that like people having powers and the good people not winning all the time. Although they are technically in the lead, Sophie and her friends don't think so. Sophie is the main character, and she has SO MUCH friends who care for her. Then one of her friends - Keefe - leaves for the Forbidden Cities and his mom (a bad character) is trying to do an experiment on him called Stellarlune, so Sophie and her friends try searching for a power source called Elysian, and at the end of the book, they find out who/what Elysian is, and it is a humongous cliff hanger!

A stand-alone title from Strout’s that takes readers into the past when a newly qualified minister and his young wife move to a small village in Maine. Disaster strikes the minister’s young family, leaving them in turmoil. Rumors spread through the village and the minister’s future seems uncertain. This is an engaging story about community, faith, friendship, love, families, and life.

This is my favorite book. It is the best book in the whole world. We read it every night.

This book is the first in a series full of fun adventure, fantasy, and romance. There are plot twists around every corner, or in this case, every.

This book is a very interesting and a fun book to read. There are a lot of cliff hangers that make me want to read it more and more. The book is about Greg that plays video games too long and his mom wants him to get off of a screen. One day, his school does a balloon challenge to see how far it goes. It turns out to be a big problem of stealing. Halloween is around the corner and he wants to go to some girls party. So he joins the band because she is inviting the whole band. But it is the woodwinds only. He is a brass, and sneaks into the party. At the end, he films a movie but his friend, Rowley, gets scared and climbs up a tree. The fire truck has to get him down and then he becomes famous. I give this book 5 stars ?? ???????? and a good book if you want a challenge.

I ?? this murder mystery! If it wasn’t so long I would read it over and over again! For those who haven’t read it yet read it!