Langage: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
11yo Essie has grown up in the public library. She was discovered in a basket on a shelf in the library by 4 librarians. When no one comes to claim the baby, they decide to share mothering duties and keep her. They set up a room for her in an inner office and take turns sleeping there at night. But eventually Essie needs to know more of the world than just the library and it's patrons, so she is given permission to explore the ice cream shop across the way, and the mall and park nearby. But when she meets a friend, questions she had never considered threaten to change her whole world.
I absolutely adored this story - it was full of library references that a librarian will relate to and love. So I'm biased about the setting. That aside, what a great story! Oh, to be able to ride your bike through the stacks, and read all day with unlimited access to the library. Horvath's characters are great. Will a middle grade reader love this as much as I? Probably not, but I'll still recommend it. A bit of a mystery (who is she?) there's a love story between one of the librarians and a guy at the mall, and a scheme planned between Essie and her friend. Essie defaults white.
Lisa Librarian
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