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njlbo1's review against another edition
3.0
A good read for kids to get some insight about deafness.
musicalmorgan's review against another edition
3.0
I would have loved this book as a fourth grader (I borrowed it from a fourth grade classroom and have already recommended it to a couple students) but as an adult, I, of course, found a few flaws. I understood that the girls’ attitudes and arguments were supposed to remind the reader that they were just children, but it really frustrated me how their anger and fighting often came from nowhere. I also didn’t feel like there was any foreshadowing, and the story kind of just ended exactly how you knew it was going to end.
howifeelaboutbooks's review against another edition
1.0
Megan is a deaf girl who wants a best friend. When Cindy moves in at the beginning of summer, they quickly hit it off. Cindy even learns sign language for Megan! But when the girls go to summer camp together, Megan ignores Cindy to talk to another deaf girl, and the friendship is fractured. Can it be repaired before school starts back in the fall? This book was a little too cheery all the time, and very simply written. The girls are nine years old, and I understand the audience is probably that age range as well, but the writing seemed very dumbed down. Lots of exclamation points, and over seven instances of dialogue starting with “Well” within a couple pages. Not the best instance of a child with a disability in fiction.
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