Kelley, Jane Book of Dares for Lost Friends, 304 pages. Feiwel (Macmillan), 2015. Content: G.
Val is convinced that she and her best friend Lanora will take middle
school by storm. Lanor, however seems to
be after something different and ignores Val before they even arrive for the
first day. While Val is confused by
Lanora’s behavior, she finds her own way, joining the soccer team and finding
an eclectic group to hang with at lunch.
Lanora, meanwhile seems to have found her way into the queen bee clique,
becoming someone Val doesn’t even recognize any more. Val is convinced that Lanora has been cursed
and maybe with the help of Tamsan, who lives at the local curiosity shop, she
can find a way to free her friend.
I found the mystical, and then not mystical tone of this book to be
confusing. I wish the author had just
owned the use of magic within the book or left it out all together. Plus, I work with middle school students
every day and don’t feel like this really represents something that would
interest most them. I would rather give
them a more realistic book about the ebb and flow of friendships.
MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy,
Library Teacher
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