Amy Joy's Blog - Posts Tagged "book-reviews"

I read this in fifth grade and found it at my mom's house recently when I was pulling out books for my eleven-year-old niece. Unfortunately, she wasn't interested, so I brought the book home with me to read again. Should be fun after all these years.

UPDATE: (3 years later...)

I just finished my first reading of this since grade school. As I went along, I found the page I left dogeared about halfway through from the first time I tried to read it all those years ago. I'm happy I finished it this time, though I can see why I wasn't able to finish it as a kid. As a writer I can see how it's written more from the perspective of an adult remembering what it was like to be a child rather than from a child's perspective, so I connected with it more now than I could as a child. There was one part toward the end that I found quite unexpected and scary, so if you're looking for a book for your middle grade child, reader beware. The book wasn't what I expected, but a fun read overall.