A review by sbojo32
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

4.0

This was an enjoyable middle grade fiction book. Told from the perspective of 12-year-old Zoe Washington, this does deal with some heavy topics (her biological father is in prison for murder and she doesn't know if he is innocent or not), but also some real middle grade stress that anyone can relate to. She overhears someone that she considers a friend saying something behind her back to fit in that is negative toward her and has to deal with that and confront her friend.

She keeps things from her parents and has to understand why they keep things from her as well. One of her best friends is moving away. All while Zoe is trying to improve as a baker and try to figure out if her father is innocent from the crime he committed because he has an alibi.

I don't love the armchair detective plot point, but I get it.