More of the new SSYRA 3-5 2020-2021
I'm always surprised when the SSYRA list comes out that there are so many great books that I missed reading this year! People who know me always say I read a lot, but CLEARLY, I'm missing a big chunk of great stuff because there are always surprises on the list! These two titles were terrific surprises. The first one is realistic fiction. It's called Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn. It's about a girl named Cat who lives with her mom and her little brother. Her dad died awhile back and her mom struggles to make a living as an author and illustrator. They are planning to spend some time with some friends who have moved far away over the summer but their friends have an unexpected emergency and so Cat and her little brother end up at the their grandparents' house in NC. Except that they've never actually met their grandparents because they had a falling out with Cat's mom before the kids were born. To complicate matters further, Cat's...