Glaser, Karina Yan
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, 293 pgs. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. $16.99
Content: G.
The five
Vanderbeekers have just been informed that their grumpy landlord will not renew
their lease and they have to be out of their home right after Christmas. The siblings all gather together and come up
with creative ways that they can win the heart of crotchety old Mr.
Beiderman. All the children learn
something about themselves and each other as they try to solve this problem and
hope for a miracle.
I fell in love with
the Vanderbeekers and their neighbors.
Glaser does a fantastic job keeping the story line moving and threading
side stories throughout. This is an easy
book to recommend with its sweet morals, family values and lovable
characters. This will be best enjoyed by
older elementary kids because the age of the Vanderbeekers is 4-12 years old, but some middle students will
enjoy it as well.
EL – ESSENTIAL; MS –
ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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