Applegate, Katherine
Crenshaw, 245 pgs. Feiwel and
Friends, 2015. $16.99 Content: Language: G; Mature Content: PG;
Violence: G.
Eleven year old Jackson
loves his family but they are financially struggling. Jackson’s dad has MS and had to quit his
construction job and Jackson’s mom got laid off as the music teacher at the
Junior High. Although his parents have
found part time jobs, it’s not enough to pay the rent and buy food. Jackson is nervous that they are going to
have to live in their van again and now his childhood imaginary friend,
Crenshaw, has shown up.
This is a
heartbreaking and heartfelt story about a family that is struggling to
make it from day to day. Jackson is an
easy character to love and he tries to be a good son and brother. I loved the simple telling of a truth that
many young people face of hunger and worry.
I put the mature content at PG, because Jackson is stressed the entire
book about eating and his family having enough money to have somewhere to
sleep. Great book that is well written.
EL, MS – ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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