Great book! Colleen does a great job at writing another story that you just can’t put down.

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.

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.

3.75 rounded up. This was not my favorite Magic Treehouse adventure. It felt a bit hokey. My 4yo had a lot of questions about smoking (cultural Native American representation).

Yeah I could basically read this series forever, endlessly delighted by robots and this is such a fun depiction of 'em

This was a good story walk book pick. I liked it. -Diana

Not long enough

In keeping with the-looking-at-a-familiar-story through a different lens, this offering to the genre does not disappoint. It is not always a pleasant read, but definitely a good one.

Great book - great personality! This book really spoke to me as a 57 year old mom of two - it was like being on a long girls weekend with your super-cool, chic, well read and well-spoken best friend!

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