littleseal's review
Good on Grandmary for understanding Samantha's fears and found a solution that she may not have done herself, but knew Samantha was growing up in a different time!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexism, and Abandonment
simplyparticular's review
3.0
This review is from the perspective of a mother.
This is one of the first times I've read a book and felt like I was really meeting Samantha. In her core series, the action seems to happen all around her, with little emotional interaction. But in this case, we actually get in inside Samantha's mind and understand her worries and fears. That's the good news.
The bad news is that she's a bit of drama queen and doesn't express herself very well for a 10-11 year old. But by the end of the book, all is well.
The best part of the AG series are the Looking Back sections, and this one in particular is stellar, with lots of information on the bicycling craze that grabbed middle class America at the turn of the century.
This is one of the first times I've read a book and felt like I was really meeting Samantha. In her core series, the action seems to happen all around her, with little emotional interaction. But in this case, we actually get in inside Samantha's mind and understand her worries and fears. That's the good news.
The bad news is that she's a bit of drama queen and doesn't express herself very well for a 10-11 year old. But by the end of the book, all is well.
The best part of the AG series are the Looking Back sections, and this one in particular is stellar, with lots of information on the bicycling craze that grabbed middle class America at the turn of the century.
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