Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
11yo Avery Lee is one of seven siblings. Avery longs for a room of her own amid the chaos, noise, and needs of her siblings. Avery is graduating into middle school, trying to balance friendships and her art, and scheming how to make money for a new room, when she finds out her family may be moving across the country.
The depiction of Avery's family life is awesome, especially because it could have been largely negative. It was nice to see a loving and supporting large family in YA fiction, because functional families seem like an endangered species. The characters and situations rang true and Avery's story is a nice slice of life that highlights themes of growing up, friendship, and family. The culture could be Asian, but is not specific.
Michelle in the Middle
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