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A review by anna_hepworth
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
4.0
This is a great book for kids. It is not a great book for me, because there is a significant plot point that is Not Good.
There is some fascinating world building going on here, with the ways that dealing with pollination happens in a world (country?) without bees (with my science hat on, I'm all like 'honey bees are not the only pollinators', but I get that this isn't the place for that nuance).
The viewpoint character is completely believably not quite ten; some of the situations they get in to are a tad terrifying as a parent, but will probably come across as exciting to a middle grade reader.
content notes:
There is some fascinating world building going on here, with the ways that dealing with pollination happens in a world (country?) without bees (with my science hat on, I'm all like 'honey bees are not the only pollinators', but I get that this isn't the place for that nuance).
The viewpoint character is completely believably not quite ten; some of the situations they get in to are a tad terrifying as a parent, but will probably come across as exciting to a middle grade reader.
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