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asealey925's review
4.0
Excellent portrayal of emotions and frustrations when faced with an difficult family situation. Loved the RV setting.
hezann73's review
4.0
Life's not fair, but that doesn't mean it isn't something special
5th-6th grades
5th-6th grades
howifeelaboutbooks's review
3.0
Odette and her family sell their house and move into an RV and leave California. Odette hates being in such close quarters with her family, and she hates leaving behind everything she knew. When her family pulls up to visit Grandma Sissy, Odette realizes that there’s more going on in her family than she originally thought. This book has a lot of layers, and a variety of family issues that are pretty common these days, but altogether it seemed like too much to tackle in one middle grade book.
emilymyhren's review against another edition
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
amdame1's review
3.0
Life isn't fair and Odette is making a list of all the things in her life that fall into this category. Some of those things include having Rex for a brother and getting the wrong dog when her parents finally get her one. However, she finds out that there are a lot bigger things in life that aren't fair such as a very sick grandmother.
A sweet but predictable read.
A sweet but predictable read.
libscote's review
4.0
Odette's world is turned upside down when her father suddenly accepts a severance package and her parents sell their house. Now they are living in "The Coach" (an RV). Other indignities include the loss of a cell phone and the purchase of a "wrong" dog. Odette desperately wanted a Labrador, instead she got a small wiry dog. The one shining moment is that they are on their way to see her Grandma Sissy, who is sick.
I loved how cranky and prickly Odette was. In my opinion, it was totally justified. I was a cranky middle schooler. I'm pretty sure I disliked a lot about myself and life, and my life was stable. My parents weren't fighting, we weren't moving from the Bay area of California to an island in Washington state, and my grandmother wasn't sick. I thought her transition into being slightly more open was realistic.
This book deals with death, and whether or not it is acceptable for it to be a choice. I thought it dealt with it lightly, but fairly.
I loved how cranky and prickly Odette was. In my opinion, it was totally justified. I was a cranky middle schooler. I'm pretty sure I disliked a lot about myself and life, and my life was stable. My parents weren't fighting, we weren't moving from the Bay area of California to an island in Washington state, and my grandmother wasn't sick. I thought her transition into being slightly more open was realistic.
This book deals with death, and whether or not it is acceptable for it to be a choice. I thought it dealt with it lightly, but fairly.
cameesreads's review against another edition
2.0
With the influx of people today choosing to ditch the big house for a life on wheels, I thought this would be a fitting book for the times. It was cute; a family sells almost all their belongings and hits the road in a camper van to go visit Grandma Sissy. Of course the daughter, Odette, hates every minute of it and has to slowly accept her family's new lifestyle. Unfortunately, I felt like this was one of those juvenile fiction books that talks down to the reader. It was very simple, the messages practically smacking you in the face. Also, as with most children's books, the main female character was a BRAT and it was not charming at all. A very "just OK" read.
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