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A review by briarrose1021
Connect the Stars by Marisa de los Santos, David Teague
5.0
For middle school kids, one of the hardest things they do is figure out who they are. This was a wonderful, heart-warming story about a group of middle school kids who have largely been labelled as something and have even come to believe that label about themselves. When they go to a summer wilderness camp, the challenges they face are so tough that who they are is stripped bare and, with the help of the friends they make at camp, they are able to see that they don't have to ve those labels. Or, they don't have to be just those labels. Through the challenges of the desert and the support of friendship, they are able to discover who they are. They may not be perfect or the best, but they are friends anyway. And the anyway is the whole point.
While the story is told from the point of views of Audrey and Aaron, the other main characters are developed well enough that we get the chance to learn a great deal about the, who they are, what struggles they're facing, why they're at camp, and what they may be able to do different when they get back home that will help improve their life, even if it's just a little bit.
This book is a great read for any middle school kid - for the ones who feel like they don't fit in and for the ones that do - because the truth is that every kid is trying to figure out who they are and being able to identify with others who are also facing that same struggle could be a helping hand for when the feel alone - so that they can realize they aren't.
While the story is told from the point of views of Audrey and Aaron, the other main characters are developed well enough that we get the chance to learn a great deal about the, who they are, what struggles they're facing, why they're at camp, and what they may be able to do different when they get back home that will help improve their life, even if it's just a little bit.
This book is a great read for any middle school kid - for the ones who feel like they don't fit in and for the ones that do - because the truth is that every kid is trying to figure out who they are and being able to identify with others who are also facing that same struggle could be a helping hand for when the feel alone - so that they can realize they aren't.