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mbrandmaier's review against another edition
3.0
This book made ME salty... salty that I don’t have any upcoming beach trips.
Seriously, though, it is a charming story of a family’s weeklong stay at a beach house. It made me seriously nostalgic for those magical summer days when I was a kid and the summer stretched endlessly ahead with possibility and even the ordinary became extraordinary.
Seriously, though, it is a charming story of a family’s weeklong stay at a beach house. It made me seriously nostalgic for those magical summer days when I was a kid and the summer stretched endlessly ahead with possibility and even the ordinary became extraordinary.
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
3.0
A lovely direct family story, has a nostalgic tone, not a lot of action.
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
ecret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins is a middle grade novel about a family trip to the ocean. With the illustrations it's presented as fantasy but the narrative is grounded in reality. The flights into fancy are the result of the sisters' imaginations.
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mrskatiefitz's review against another edition
3.0
Much like this author's All Alone in the Universe and Criss Cross, this is a gentle, descriptive, and introspective novel decorated with the author's own black-and-white drawings. It describes in wonderful vivid detail the excitement Alix and Jools, who are sisters, feel about going on vacation to the beach. Though not much happens, this is the kind of book I liked to read as a child: quiet, gentle, filled with everyday happenings and not much in the way of conflict. I think it would be especially appealing to kids who have never been to the beach, but who want to have the experience vicariously, or to those who have been to the beach and loved it, and who want to read about an experience that mirrors their own. Despite its length, it does skew toward the younger end of the middle grade spectrum content-wise. An eight-year-old who is a strong reader is likely to be the best audience.
thisgrrlreads's review against another edition
3.0
What a sweet summer story of Alix and Jools at the beach, meeting new people, doing new things, having new experiences. It's lovely and full of nice parents, good friends, nice neighbors, good dogs, really everything you would want in a nice summer story with some nice things about how to handle stress and disappointment and siblings in the sweetest way. I wish all beach trips were like this one.
There is one odd spot in the beginning where the sisters do not follow instructions about the ocean and Alix gets sucked under and pulled out by her parents. There is no discussion of it with the parents, they just go ahead and swim with the kids. That is the only thing that felt weird to me, because ocean safety is really important and basically ignored here.
There is one odd spot in the beginning where the sisters do not follow instructions about the ocean and Alix gets sucked under and pulled out by her parents. There is no discussion of it with the parents, they just go ahead and swim with the kids. That is the only thing that felt weird to me, because ocean safety is really important and basically ignored here.
heathermassa's review against another edition
5.0
Quiet special pleasures of a beach vacation - making friends, playing in the surf, building sand castles...this is a great book where the kid characters and the adult characters are charming (but not too charming) and fun. I liked it very much. An old fashioned story of small adventures -