In this timeless yet quaint story of family life in the 1970s, Sally is excited but nervous about her family's move to Florida as her brother recuperates from a serious illness. Although she misses her father, who has stayed behind to work, she manages with her vivid imagination to find adventure and friendship in her new surroundings. Blume's short sentences and breathy, little girl tones convey Sally's innocence, but at times this arrested speech pattern creates a choppy reading. Blume's accents are right though as she takes us along as Sally learns a little about her family and how to create the life she wants for herself, at least in her imagination. W.L.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
Talking with the legendary writer of “In the Unlikely Event” about junior high, the winter in which three planes crashed in her hometown, and receiving the best reviews of her career at age 77. A conversation with Amy Benfer.
Some things from childhood don’t age well (microwave cake, boy bands), but the best kids’ books are forever young, always ready to tip you back, head over heels, into the way it felt the first time you discovered them. Here are 10 books that double as portkeys to the bookish afternoons of my childhood. What are […]