Soderberg, Erin The Quirks: Welcome to Normal 240 pgs. Bloomsbury
USA Childrens, 2013 (June). $8.39 Content:
Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G
; Violence: G.
Molly is the
normal one in an unusual family of people with a variety of magical abilities.
Magical abilities that mean their family is constantly messing up and having to
move. They are trying again to be “normal” in yet another town, this one called
Normal. Can Molly help her twin sister to control her out of control powers,
her brother to be visible and stop playing tricks, and help her mom to not be
so tired and flustered?
I was surprised
and delighted by this book. While it’s full of wayward magic and the disasters
that go with it (which could get old if too slapstick), this book is also
really creative, full of heart, and not sickly sweet. Molly must be the glue
that holds the family together, their father left them years ago, and she
worries and does her best. Real stuff! I have been waiting to find a book for 3rd
graders that doesn't give me cavities, but will also be adored by the students.
I think this is the one!
Elementary
–ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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