![]() ![]() ![]() I couldn't even hate Hope, and her far-older-than-actual-sixteen-year-old-mentality even though I never understood her, or her motivation to become so politically involved (because the author never let us know that. and his good-guy-leukemia-fighter-town-fixer-upper-cook self? I couldn't. heartless, evil conservative over-the-top and unhelpful for any honest discussion about politics. She most certainly didn't write it for a 32 year-old moderate who found the obvious bias of kind-hearted liberal vs. The abandonment issues the protagonist, Hope, experiences are too mature for young elementary age and older, middle school and high school aged adolescents certainly can grasp the concept of a flawed character or even impure motives. ![]() I'm left to guess what age group Bauer wrote this for. The characters were flat and one-dimensional, the plot predictable and the message was dangerously simplified. I really don't understand how this is a Newberry Medal Honor Book. ![]() Consider me goggled, racquet in hand, and donning my wrist sweat bands for serious play. However, as a Newberry Medal Honor Book, the playground kind of turns more into a raquetball court and the kid has to be good to play in it. I feel like the big grown up bully attacking the cute, freckled face kid on the playground with this review. ![]()
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