The Lifters by Dave Eggers, 340 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. $18.
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Gran moves to a new town with his sister and
parents. Gran’s dad has trouble finding
work and is usually traveling and Gran’s family seems a little stressed. One day while Gran’s at school, he meets a
girl named Catalina Catalan and he feels like they should be friends. Catalina’s not the nicest, but Gran follows
her one day after school and sees her disappear into a hillside. Gran soon finds himself mixed up in Catalina’s
secret about their town and because Gran is looking for a break from the stress
at home, he likes feeling needed in Catalina’s cause.
The cover of this book sucked me in and I
really wanted to like the story because something about Gran was endearing, but
I just couldn’t get behind the weirdness.
Catalina is a bully (she has no back story), so I’m never sure why Gran
likes her and I wouldn’t follow her around the corner, let alone into a
disappearing door, so I didn’t get the appeal.
The task the kids were given, to prop up the town with junk, seemed hopeless
and unrealistic and the illustrations were blurry and unattractive.
C. Peterson
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