Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
11yo Loah is left in the care of an older couple when her mom goes on an expedition to the Arctic, searching for a very rare bird thought to be extinct. The mother named her daughter after the Loah bird. Loah, the girl, wonders if her mother loves her as much as she does the bird she is searching for. Loah wonders even more if this might be true when her mother extends her trip to the Arctic and stays there on her own when the others from the expedition go home. The couple Loah is staying with get sick and Loah is left to herself. She doesn't know if she can cope by herself with all the worries she has about her mother and the couple that was caring for her. Her friend Ellis believes in Loah and tries to cheer her up. Something goes terribly wrong with her mother's expedition. Loah needs to find the courage and the strength to help her mother.
The book is really well written and the author paints beautiful and vivid pictures with her writing. This would be a good book for children being cared for by people other than their parents. Loah is very shy and not very adventurous. I think a lot of children might feel shy and awkward like the protagonist in this book. Reading Loah's story might give them strength and courage also.
Ellen-Anita, LMS
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