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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Jen and Andy are back in their next adventure. The sample I received from NetGalley was only 36 pages, but it left me wanting more. Jen is worried about starting classes at her new school. Andy has a crush on a boy that works at the pumpkin patch. #NetGalley #AppleCrush
Always a fan of Lucy Knisley and this Middle Grade Fall/Halloween themed graphic novel was really cute.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Un segon volum no gaire millor que el primer, francament. Un cop assossegada la situació familiar entre la protagonista i la nova parella de la mare juntament amb les germanastres, el conflicte d'aquest llibre em sembla força ridícul i incomplet: al voltant de la Jen tothom està enamorat i ella no té gens d'interès en l'amor. En alguns moments se sent marginada, però tampoc no ho expressa i és còmplice de les parelles, així que el seu comportament em sembla un pèl contradictori o simplista... D'altra banda, tenim el temut inici en un nou institut que també queda descafeïnat i que amb quatre pinzellades ens mostra un possible cas de bullying, una nova amistat friqui, una biblioteca escolar que actua com a refugi (♥♥♥) i un club d'art del qual sabem ben poca cosa. Una altra oportunitat perduda per aprofundir més en les emocions de la protagonista i on s'han volgut encabir més temes del que realment caldria :/ Tot i així, bona incorporació per al catàleg de còmic en català, suposo...
Another great graphic novel from Lucy Knisley. I was annoyed less in this one weirdly enough. The brattiness of Andy in the first book annoyed me to no end but in this one, Jen and Andy have learned to be more sisterly to each other. But Jen is dismayed to find that EVERYONE around her has nothing but romance on their mind..but she doesn't and she wonders if something is wrong with her. No one believes that a boy and a girl can just be friends and those beliefs lead to some pretty epic complications in her life. I was really enjoying this book and felt like it ended way too fast. I wanted to follow along more with her friendship with Ollie! And this book included the school's librarian who gave her a great reader's advisory which made me so proud.
Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read a digital sample of this book in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.
The sample I was provided for this book looks very promising. The story picks up in Fall, somewhere in late September/early October, and the girls are helping out in a pumpkin patch on their neighbor's farm. Jen is nervous about starting school and Andy is more focused on boys and romance. I like the story so far and I'm interested in reading the rest. I gave it 3 stars for what I've seen so far and may give another star once I read the whole book.
The sample I was provided for this book looks very promising. The story picks up in Fall, somewhere in late September/early October, and the girls are helping out in a pumpkin patch on their neighbor's farm. Jen is nervous about starting school and Andy is more focused on boys and romance. I like the story so far and I'm interested in reading the rest. I gave it 3 stars for what I've seen so far and may give another star once I read the whole book.
4.5 stars
Jen’s parents are divorced and she lives with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend on a farm outside the city and she’s learning how to navigate her new life. She’s nervous about starting sixth grade at a new school. She and one of her stepsisters (who’s only there on weekends) have jobs working at the haunted hayride on the farm next door. It seems that everyone is obsessed with romance except for Jen.
APPLE CRUSH is a companion book to STEPPING STONES and I really liked it. It reminds young readers to be themselves and not rush into things just because everyone else is. As always, I thought Knisley’s illustrations were top notch.
Jen’s parents are divorced and she lives with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend on a farm outside the city and she’s learning how to navigate her new life. She’s nervous about starting sixth grade at a new school. She and one of her stepsisters (who’s only there on weekends) have jobs working at the haunted hayride on the farm next door. It seems that everyone is obsessed with romance except for Jen.
APPLE CRUSH is a companion book to STEPPING STONES and I really liked it. It reminds young readers to be themselves and not rush into things just because everyone else is. As always, I thought Knisley’s illustrations were top notch.
I am just going to rip the band aid off: I did not realize that "Apple Crush" was the second graphic novel in a series, and when I did I simply shrugged and kept on reading.
I recognized Lucy Knisley's style from shelving her work prior to the Peapod Farm series, although most of those predecessors were in the young adult graphic novel section and in the general graphic novel section. Although I am enjoying the unofficial start to summer, and spending time in the outdoors whenever possible, I will always and forever yearn for autumn. If you, too, crave that crisp fall air, then "Apple Crush" is for you!
While I do not know the origins of Jen and Andy's blended family, or how they arrived in the farm in the first place, I completely enjoyed picking up where they left off in "Stepping Stones". It did not take to long to see how the two compliment each other, and why the topic of "romance" could strain their sisterly bond. Fortunately, through a life lesson or two, they live to fight another day together...
...or scare the bejesus out of everyone on a haunted hayride.
Jen's home in the countryside beckons me. While some may require dialogue in every, single cell of this graphic novel, I for one treasure the 'stillness' and mindfulness ensured by the scenes where there is nothing but the world in which the story takes place. I can smell the leaves as they are raked into a pile. I can hear the frying of the apple cider donuts. I can taste the everything bagel with cream cheese (with a touch of exhaust from the city right outside my window). I can see the joy that the harvest brings to so many.
These cells, and the way they cause the senses to simmer, will be lingering long after I shelve the book, up until the view outside my window matches Jen's.
As I wait for "Stepping Stones" to arrive in my mail box, as well as other works by Knisley, I will just part this review daydreaming about sweaters, bonfires, the smell of straw, and spending time in a pumpkin patch with the ones I love.
I recognized Lucy Knisley's style from shelving her work prior to the Peapod Farm series, although most of those predecessors were in the young adult graphic novel section and in the general graphic novel section. Although I am enjoying the unofficial start to summer, and spending time in the outdoors whenever possible, I will always and forever yearn for autumn. If you, too, crave that crisp fall air, then "Apple Crush" is for you!
While I do not know the origins of Jen and Andy's blended family, or how they arrived in the farm in the first place, I completely enjoyed picking up where they left off in "Stepping Stones". It did not take to long to see how the two compliment each other, and why the topic of "romance" could strain their sisterly bond. Fortunately, through a life lesson or two, they live to fight another day together...
...or scare the bejesus out of everyone on a haunted hayride.
Jen's home in the countryside beckons me. While some may require dialogue in every, single cell of this graphic novel, I for one treasure the 'stillness' and mindfulness ensured by the scenes where there is nothing but the world in which the story takes place. I can smell the leaves as they are raked into a pile. I can hear the frying of the apple cider donuts. I can taste the everything bagel with cream cheese (with a touch of exhaust from the city right outside my window). I can see the joy that the harvest brings to so many.
These cells, and the way they cause the senses to simmer, will be lingering long after I shelve the book, up until the view outside my window matches Jen's.
As I wait for "Stepping Stones" to arrive in my mail box, as well as other works by Knisley, I will just part this review daydreaming about sweaters, bonfires, the smell of straw, and spending time in a pumpkin patch with the ones I love.