The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose and Me by Sara Nickerson, 326 pages. Dutton Children's Books (Penguin), 2015. $17
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
To make some extra money, 12yo Missy and her older brother Patrick get summer jobs picking blueberries at a local farm. Missy and Patrick are children of divorced parents and spend time at both parent's houses. Dad is engaged to be married and Missy is not a fan of this idea and wants to sabotage the wedding with a dress with skulls. Missy earns the respect of the owners of the farm and is allowed to a special area to pick very unique and priceless blueberries. Her brother has found a love interest and he is suspicious of Missy and her whereabouts during the day. They discover that a family feud caused by the owner of the farm and his brother have caused some serious problems over the years. The kids all spend time trying to put the pieces together of the feud when it happened and why.
Nickerson does an excellent job in this realistic fiction story of portraying the coming of age story and its complicated emotions and scenarios that go along with it. I honestly couldn't wait to get back to this book as I read it. The characters are very relatable and the descriptions of them and their stories are captivating. Being a child of divorce I felt the author did an amazing job portraying this circumstance. I enjoyed learning more about blueberries and how they are harvested reading this book. It's just a charming story overall. I truly enjoyed it. The characters default to white.
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