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A review by traeh
Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway
4.0
If I could do 3.5 stars I would. I think this is a pretty well written novel. The characters are believable and I think the author does a great job portraying the internal turmoil a young girl in Cady’s position would have. Also, the recipes included in the back sound scrumptious!
The less than 5 star rating comes because I struggle when books have obvious political or social agendas and are directed at middle grade children. This is a book I would want to read in a middle grade book club setting or with my child instead of handing it to them to read solo. I think it would spark a lot of excellent discussions on a variety of topics.
The books tackles the foster system, homelessness, alcoholism, parental neglect, drug abuse, death of a parent, family alienation, homosexuality, illegal immigrant issues, and kids coming to the aid of the adults’ debt collecting/overdue accounts. It’s just a lot of big issues all in one middle grade book.
The less than 5 star rating comes because I struggle when books have obvious political or social agendas and are directed at middle grade children. This is a book I would want to read in a middle grade book club setting or with my child instead of handing it to them to read solo. I think it would spark a lot of excellent discussions on a variety of topics.
The books tackles the foster system, homelessness, alcoholism, parental neglect, drug abuse, death of a parent, family alienation, homosexuality, illegal immigrant issues, and kids coming to the aid of the adults’ debt collecting/overdue accounts. It’s just a lot of big issues all in one middle grade book.