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A review by hweezbooks
Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
Peter Lee is a Korean-Canadian middle schooler. He plays soccer and he’s extremely tall (“You don’t get to be this tall by not eating at every opportunity.”)
And he has to deal with a child prodigy of a sister and typical Asian parents determined to squeeze in math worksheets and eradicate the “summer learning loss” from not being in school 😆🫢📚
Peter is also a budding paleontologist, headed to the Royal Terrell Museum to take part in a real-life fossil dig. Well, it goes bust and Peter starts to falter from his one passion in life.
Yet, this book is not so much about the dinosaur-obsessed, but 11-yo Peter’s journey through middle school and coping within an intergenerational family.
There is something wrong with Hammy, their beloved grandma, and Peter and his sister L.B. (Little Beast, who’s real name is Charlotte) have to figure out what to do.
Peter realises he has his paleontology skills on hand to save the situation:
“It was so much more. It was learning how to learn. It was learning to approach problems in an orderly way. It was record keeping. It was observing the environment. It was gathering information and piecing together a conclusion.”
This is a perfect book for dino-lovers who’d appreciate the many dinosaur references but also readers 9+ who like middle grade family drama books.
📚: @times.reads
And he has to deal with a child prodigy of a sister and typical Asian parents determined to squeeze in math worksheets and eradicate the “summer learning loss” from not being in school 😆🫢📚
Peter is also a budding paleontologist, headed to the Royal Terrell Museum to take part in a real-life fossil dig. Well, it goes bust and Peter starts to falter from his one passion in life.
Yet, this book is not so much about the dinosaur-obsessed, but 11-yo Peter’s journey through middle school and coping within an intergenerational family.
There is something wrong with Hammy, their beloved grandma, and Peter and his sister L.B. (Little Beast, who’s real name is Charlotte) have to figure out what to do.
Peter realises he has his paleontology skills on hand to save the situation:
“It was so much more. It was learning how to learn. It was learning to approach problems in an orderly way. It was record keeping. It was observing the environment. It was gathering information and piecing together a conclusion.”
This is a perfect book for dino-lovers who’d appreciate the many dinosaur references but also readers 9+ who like middle grade family drama books.
📚: @times.reads