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A review by christiana
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
3.0
This is kind of like trauma porn for the younger set.
I heard this was getting Newbery buzz and so I picked it up. And there is a storyline with the son that immediately shows itself. I thought to myself "Oh, I get it! This is an Issue Book about that!" and read along happily. And then Fern is kind of having problems being a middle child and feeling invisible. So I thought, "sideplot: GOT IT" and thought I had this book pegged.
And then the big twist happened. And I STILL don't even know what to say.
Obviously with big twists, you never hear about it in the summary or book flap. But in this case, I feel like you almost need to. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to be in 6th grade (or younger!) and read this or to be a mother and read this.
The moral: Good read, but be careful and talk to me before you decide to read this one. It's a bit of a doozy if you don't know what you're walking into (which you won't).
I heard this was getting Newbery buzz and so I picked it up. And there is a storyline with the son that immediately shows itself. I thought to myself "Oh, I get it! This is an Issue Book about that!" and read along happily. And then Fern is kind of having problems being a middle child and feeling invisible. So I thought, "sideplot: GOT IT" and thought I had this book pegged.
And then the big twist happened. And I STILL don't even know what to say.
Obviously with big twists, you never hear about it in the summary or book flap. But in this case, I feel like you almost need to. I can't even imagine what it would feel like to be in 6th grade (or younger!) and read this or to be a mother and read this.
The moral: Good read, but be careful and talk to me before you decide to read this one. It's a bit of a doozy if you don't know what you're walking into (which you won't).