298 pages
Best for grades 4-7
Copyright: 2011
Call Number: J MCCRITE
In the first book in the new April Grace series we meet the nearly 6th grade girl from the Ozarks, her family, and neighbors. Some call her a hillbilly and a hick, but we learn through this first person account how she solves mysteries, observes people, and stops two terrible tragedies in just one book. What I love about this title is how April Grace is a very real character and how all of her family members and neighbors have clear personality complete with likable parts and failings. Even April Grace.
After I got over the shock of a historical fiction book taking place in 1986 (shoulder pads, new-fangled VCRs, dramatic eye shadow and everything!). I couldn't put April Grace down! A good winter break read when you want to loose yourself in the summertime.
-JW-
