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And Then, Boom!
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Melanie Dulaney's review
bookshelves: middle-grades, novel-in-verse, realistic-fiction
Jan 26, 2024
bookshelves: middle-grades, novel-in-verse, realistic-fiction
Read 2 times. Last read January 26, 2024.
Lisa Fipps (Starfish) writes another masterful book that will tug at readers’ heartstrings and help them put themselves into someone else’s shoes. Being in Joe’s shoes means homelessness, abandonment, poverty, hunger, and fear. But Fipps inserts supportive characters like Grandmum, Uncle Frankie and best friends Hakeem and Nick to keep the overall tone from getting too heavy and who may also encourage readers to be the help that someone else might need. The idea of “And then. Boom!” meaning that life will often hand us some “and then this happens” transitions that lead to bigger “boom” events is completely relatable and applies to many big and small situations in the lives of everyone. Highly recommended for libraries serving grades 4 and up. Would pair nicely with Rex Ogle’s Free Lunch or Chicken Boy by Francis O’Roark Dowell.
Thanks for an eARC, NetGalley.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
January 26, 2024
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Started Reading
January 26, 2024
– Shelved as:
realistic-fiction
January 26, 2024
– Shelved as:
novel-in-verse
January 26, 2024
– Shelved as:
middle-grades
January 26, 2024
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Finished Reading
January 29, 2024
– Shelved