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A review by jayarna
Dawn and the Impossible Three by Ann M. Martin
5.0
I used to read these all the time when I was younger and I made it my personal mission to find them in second-hand stores. I wanted to collect them all, but sadly I never managed this.
Almost a decade on, some new versions of these came into my library and I needed an easy read. I wanted to see if these would hold up as well as I remember.
Well, heck. I did not expect to be so pleasantly surprised by this! These books are marked for Junior but they tackle some big issues - friendship and growing up, divorce, remarriage, broken families, parent/child issues, siblings and step siblings, moving, coming of age. Yet they're not a quick read and actually paced really well. You'd think this would be light on the content coming in at only 150 pages, but Martin manages to give you a short summary where you need it and a longer description when required.
The world-building is actually really good too, and there's characters that all kids can identify with. It's great having such a wide array of girls. I remember loving different ones when I was a kid, feeling connected to several of the girls. This series is done so well and it's great for readers who just power through as there's so many books in the series. You can easily check for content as a parent since the books are so short. Highly recommend.
Almost a decade on, some new versions of these came into my library and I needed an easy read. I wanted to see if these would hold up as well as I remember.
Well, heck. I did not expect to be so pleasantly surprised by this! These books are marked for Junior but they tackle some big issues - friendship and growing up, divorce, remarriage, broken families, parent/child issues, siblings and step siblings, moving, coming of age. Yet they're not a quick read and actually paced really well. You'd think this would be light on the content coming in at only 150 pages, but Martin manages to give you a short summary where you need it and a longer description when required.
The world-building is actually really good too, and there's characters that all kids can identify with. It's great having such a wide array of girls. I remember loving different ones when I was a kid, feeling connected to several of the girls. This series is done so well and it's great for readers who just power through as there's so many books in the series. You can easily check for content as a parent since the books are so short. Highly recommend.