The Girl With More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass

The Girl With More Than One Heart by Laura Geringer Bass, 228 pages.  Amulet, 2018.  $17.

Language: PG (5 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature Content: G; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY:  HS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Briana’s life is already difficult – she has perfected being the trouble-free sister to her (undiagnosed) autistic brother who devours all of her parents’ time and attention.  Then her father suddenly dies, her mother goes into a funk, and Brianna is the only left to pick up all of the pieces.  How can a family go on when the glue that holds them together is gone?

Ok, I’ll say it – Briana is a little neurotic.  She has a right to be, her dad did just die.  But think that her Dad’s heart is beating in her stomach?  A little far fetched.  Besides that, however, Bass has written a solid, heartfelt book.  The interplay between family members is poignant and gritty – just like life.  Get over the title and enjoy this.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS