A review by ashleyunabridged
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi

4.0

In this middle grade novel, we discover Ebony-Grace who is a young girl going through a difficult situation with separated parents, and she finds comfort and solace in her passion for space exploration. She idolizes her grandfather, who worked for NASA in a pioneering position and who understands Ebony-Grace in a way that no one else can. Suddenly forced to spend a summer (and potentially longer) with her father in New York, Ebony-Grace finds herself in a new world that is very different from her previous life in the south. She struggles to navigate friend dynamics and has tremendous difficulty transitioning from the comfort of her imagination to the difficult reality of the world around her. Despite her challenges, Ebony-Grace has some profound moments of triumph and of self-discovery that make this a fascinating read.