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Holly Goldberg Sloan

Start date: January 31, 2014

Finish date: January 31, 2014

Discussion: Newbery 2014

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Mar 15, 2023 vanessa rated it liked it

Shelves: physically-from-the-library, jf, childrens-lit, listened-on-audiobook, 2023

Hm, I really liked this book at first with its quirky characters and the narration style. I thought this would be a more grief-focused story lamenting her parents' deaths, but ultimately it was more about found family. The story went in an odd direction with the fostering dynamic and also with Willow "fixing"/helping all the people around her. I started losing steam towards the end. There are also a lot of unbelievable aspects to the characters and story but I think that was the author's choice; ...more

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Jun 10, 2015 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-caudill-awards, kids-books

Willow's life falls apart when her adoptive parents both die in a car crash. Willow has always been "odd" according to her peers. She doesn't have friends and that never bothered her. However, once her parents die, her "friends" in counseling take her in, and they become like a 3 man team. All 3 have difficulties and they find ways to live together and understand each other. The book is far-fetched, but I read the book in a 1.5 days. I couldn't put it down because I wanted to see how the story w ...more

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Jul 14, 2015 April Moody rated it really liked it

Oh I loved this story- made me laugh- cry-smile and sigh...such a sweet and tender story.

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Jan 13, 2014 Cori Grady rated it really liked it

I absolutely loved this book!!! Willow is such an interesting character!! I loved how she was able to bring so many different people together to create a new family.

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Sep 20, 2021 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, highland-book-club

I listened to the audiobook of this for book club. It was a little strange that Willow never went back to her house. Also strange that she was never made to go back to school. The counselor bugged big time. I loved how all the goodness Willow sent out to the world ended up coming back to repay her. She ended up with her own family of people who cared about her. I wish all orphans were so lucky!

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