Scan barcode
A review by elllie
Better to Wish by Ann M. Martin
4.0
I really enjoyed this one, though I'm not 100% sure who I'd give it to. Probably girls who loved the Little House and Anne of Green Gables books.
This novel starts when Abby is 8 during the Great Depression and it follows her until she is 18 and has graduated from high school. As one might expect with a book that spans such a great amount of time, it almost feels weird having this in the kids section, though it is clearly a book for kids, marketed towards kids (same with all of the Little House books, where we have These Happy Golden Years (the first years of Laura and Almonzo's marriage) in the kids section).
As with many books about growing up, there are a couple of minor objectionable things in this book: one utterance of "dammit", getting an old-timey bra, a very brief mention of "alcohol consumption" (srsly that is how it is talked about), and an instance where Abby's awful father abuses his young, mentally handicapped son by trying to force feed him.
I'm excited for the rest of this series :)
This novel starts when Abby is 8 during the Great Depression and it follows her until she is 18 and has graduated from high school. As one might expect with a book that spans such a great amount of time, it almost feels weird having this in the kids section, though it is clearly a book for kids, marketed towards kids (same with all of the Little House books, where we have These Happy Golden Years (the first years of Laura and Almonzo's marriage) in the kids section).
As with many books about growing up, there are a couple of minor objectionable things in this book: one utterance of "dammit", getting an old-timey bra, a very brief mention of "alcohol consumption" (srsly that is how it is talked about), and an instance where Abby's awful father abuses his young, mentally handicapped son by trying to force feed him.
I'm excited for the rest of this series :)