Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Ivy Aberdeen is an artist, she draws a lot, but mostly in her notebook. It's the one thing she grabs when the tornado sirens blare, and when her family emerges from the safety of the underground shelter to find their whole house has been destroyed, Ivy's notebook is all she has. So, when it is missing at the shelter Ivy is beyond concerned - her most private thoughts - well, pictures - were in there! It's all full of her personal secrets and now someone has it, someone who is returning the pictures one at a time, to Ivy's locker with a note. Someone knows Ivy's secret.
Ivy is struggling with many things, the birth of baby twin brothers, the loss of her home, a recent conflict with her older sister, and wondering if her attraction to her new friend June is just a weird friendship or a crush. At one point, Ivy is told "If a person was questioning all this stuff, that person doesn't have to know all the answers. They don't have to be sure about anything. They don't have to label themselves as anything but a human being if they don't want to." A great middle school read, full of empathy, a loving family and a caring community.
Lisa Librarian
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