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A review by mat_tobin
Evelyn del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina
5.0
An absolutely pitch-perfect book about loving and losing a best friend through moving home but working hard to keep that friendship alive.
Daniela and Evelyn have always liked opposite each other in a block of flats. They live on the same level so that, with a long piece of string, they can pass things to each other and call to each other when they're not together. They know each other's families, the best places to hide in each other's houses and what the other is thinking: sometimes it seems like they are one and the same.
And try as they might to hide it, they both know that something huge is about to change their lives: Evelyn is moving to warmer climes - her ancestral home perhaps? Whatever the case, both promise to stay in touch every day and remember one another. But do young children have the strength of commitment to maintain such a deeply affecting friendship? The beautiful, final spread of Evelyn Del Ray reveals its answer.
There are a few books out there for children about moving home and losing friends through it. Some protagonists make new friends and others must grow and move on from the loss but with Daniela's story, it's more about having the strength and commitment to maintain this friendship even when you're miles and miles away. And I loved it for that.
Daniela and Evelyn have always liked opposite each other in a block of flats. They live on the same level so that, with a long piece of string, they can pass things to each other and call to each other when they're not together. They know each other's families, the best places to hide in each other's houses and what the other is thinking: sometimes it seems like they are one and the same.
And try as they might to hide it, they both know that something huge is about to change their lives: Evelyn is moving to warmer climes - her ancestral home perhaps? Whatever the case, both promise to stay in touch every day and remember one another. But do young children have the strength of commitment to maintain such a deeply affecting friendship? The beautiful, final spread of Evelyn Del Ray reveals its answer.
There are a few books out there for children about moving home and losing friends through it. Some protagonists make new friends and others must grow and move on from the loss but with Daniela's story, it's more about having the strength and commitment to maintain this friendship even when you're miles and miles away. And I loved it for that.