Blue lives with his cursed family and since the blood moon is coming soon, all of the relatives are coming to town to try and get their curse removed. It is believed that if they go into the swamp on the night of the blood moon, that an alligator there will help them remove the curse, but only one person can go in and the great-grandmother is the only one who knows how it works. As the family is trying to impress the grandmother, Blue becomes friends with his new next door neighbor Tumble. Tumble wants to be a hero and help someone, so she is delighted to learn that Blue needs help breaking his curse.
I got sucked into this fun book of magical realism and couldn’t put it down. I loved the characters, including the alligator, and the setting. The story is well paced and has great character development. Kirby Heyborne is the audio reader and is fantastic. This is an easy recommendation for boys or girls. Although it is 390 pages, the font is bigger and the pages are small. Great read!
EL, MS – ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson
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