A Field Guide to Broken Promises by Leah Stecher, 288 pages. Bloomsbury, 2025. $19
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: NOT RECOMMENDED
Evie is used to moving around - following her mother’s climb up the ladder to a network news reporting job. But this time is different - this should be their last move ever! Evie is ready to shine on her last first day at a new school. And she walks into her first class - there is her BFF from summer camp! What’s this? Dara disses Evie in front of the whole class and calls Evie her stalker. Now everyone is suspicious of Evie - and Evie is sure something more dire is at play. Dara must have been replaced with a golem - and Evie is a great Cryptid hunter - just ask her dad. She finds two other students who are willing to help her investigate the golem and help Evie get her friend back.
When Evie declared that Dara must be a mythical creature I lost it. And when two other students believed her and helped her investigate - more weirdness. While the ending is quite strong, I can’t forgive Evie’s bonkers behavior in the rest of the book.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS

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