A review by choosejoytoday
Bigger than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder

3.0

I liked the way Snyder let Rebecca express her own feelings to her parents eventually. It seemed like the situation panned out in a realistic way (Rebecca knows her parents had been fighting, one day mom loads her and her little bro up in the car and takes off for grandma's in Atlanta) in which the adults are trying to do the best thing, but lose sight of what is most important. I loved the grandma! I also liked that her use of the breadbox came with consequences-- that for the magic to happen, something was taken from somewhere else-- I think that's a good message for the "instantaneous gratification" culture we've got going on now.