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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I promised a student I would read this. Perhaps parents shouldn't use their own children as characters, as the temptation to turn them into saints may be too hard to resist. Perhaps it is the best they could do. Fictional Maddie is fairly one-denominational: no faults and carrying the wisdom of the ages, but dim enough to desperately want to be friends with a girl who is blatantly evil. There is an underlying sweetness to this, but the ham-fisted manner in which a thoroughly unnuanced bully is crowbarred into the narrative made most of it ring flat. A sixth grade girl who is so repulsive she would openly attack a girl with a brain tumor. My experience with sixth grade girls, is that even the most self-centered and selfish would work very hard to bask in the shared tragedy. The cheapest of all dues ex machina, the one 'meaningful' look, which gave St. Maddie the resolve to muster her angelic virtue and shine her benevolence down on her oppressor was particularly hard to accept.
Maddie is a middle school girl who loves mustaches. She always carries a couple in her pocket for just the right moment. Middle school is a typical mix of homework, teachers, mean girls and bullies. Mean girl Cassie rules the girls and decides who is in and who is out. Maddie wants to be one of the in girls but doesn't like the way Cassie treats everyone. When Maddie gets the part of Juliet in the school play things go south with Cassie. Maddie is also dealing with the fact that her arm doesn't seem to be working properly. Turns out she has a brain tumor and has to have surgery.
This book is based on the authors own daughter's experience so it has a lot of great details about what happened to Maddie and how her classmates and family rallied around her. I loved Maddie and her love of mustaches. I also liked how she figured out how not to be like Cassie and became a better friend. I did think some of the games they played seemed a bit young for middle school. Most of the middle school kids I know don't play imagination games like these kids do. It seemed a bit young. Other than that I thought the book was spot on.
This book is based on the authors own daughter's experience so it has a lot of great details about what happened to Maddie and how her classmates and family rallied around her. I loved Maddie and her love of mustaches. I also liked how she figured out how not to be like Cassie and became a better friend. I did think some of the games they played seemed a bit young for middle school. Most of the middle school kids I know don't play imagination games like these kids do. It seemed a bit young. Other than that I thought the book was spot on.
I absolutely loved Mustaches for Maddie. Maddie is thoughtful, kind and so funny. I loved, loved, loved her imagination, which help carry her through her hard times. Maddie is so creative and caring.
Mustaches for Maddie is based on the real life story of authors Shelly Brown and Chad Morris's daughter Maddie and her experience with a brain tumor. I felt the story was heart-felt and truly wonderful. I loved how the kids (and adults) came together in the story, all to support a darling girl who loved mustaches. This book is so funny and at times brought tears to my eyes.
Mustaches for Maddie is based on the real life story of authors Shelly Brown and Chad Morris's daughter Maddie and her experience with a brain tumor. I felt the story was heart-felt and truly wonderful. I loved how the kids (and adults) came together in the story, all to support a darling girl who loved mustaches. This book is so funny and at times brought tears to my eyes.
If you liked Wonder you will love getting to know quirky Maddie. This book made me both laugh out loud and brought me to tears. I love it’s message about the commonality of pain and suffering in life and the growth and love that can develop through it depending on how we handle it. I would recommend this this to young readers and adults alike. It was a truly wonderful book!
Super sweet book about the value of small acts of kindness to make a big impact. Emotionally intelligent descriptions of having a serious illness with a blend of realism and imagination. Though it can be cheesy at times, the 6th grade friendship struggles are real.
Twelve-year-old Maddie loves carrying mustaches in her pocket. They’re perfect for making people laugh, which is what she loves to do. All she has to do it take a mustache out and put it on and giggles ensue. Maddie focuses on her mustaches, but not enough to ignore the fact that her arm only feels right when she curls it against her, and she is constantly tripping over her feet. Unable to stop these things from happening to her body, she tells her parents and they take her to the doctor, It is there that she receives shocking news about why this is happening to her limbs: she has a brain tumor and needs surgery to remove it. Maddie is very scared and wonders if the doctors will be able to do what they need to do to get rid of the tumor. It is then that her imagination kicks into high gear and she needs her funny mustaches more than ever.
Thanks to School Library Journal for a review copy of this book.
Thanks to School Library Journal for a review copy of this book.
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My 11yo daughter chose this book to bring home from our local library and I had just picked it up to thumb through a chapter or two and see what she would be reading. I ended up sitting down and reading the entire book in one evening. The story was funny and imaginative with plenty of surprises and lessons in love, friendship, compassion and overcoming challenges. It made me laugh and cry out loud, real tears over a fantastic story. Granted, I didn’t know what I was in for at the start, but I couldn’t put it down. It turns out it is based on a true story and there’s more to enjoy about that after reading this wonderful book. I do hope they make a film out of this too. It includes discussion questions at the end for youth book clubs or classroom discussions and this is a perfect boon for that as well.