A review by readtotheend
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

4.0

I really wanted to LOVE this book and got it for my daughter who gave up on it and DNFed. I was curious as to why she would abandon it and man, it was tough getting into this one. I did not give up though and past the halfway mark, it really started to get really good. It ended very strong and the story was touching and I loved the representation of coming to a country where you don't know the language (my cousins went through this in elementary school). But it took a LONG while to get to that point. For a middle grade book especially, I think it would've been better to make the first half of the book more concise. I found myself glossing/skimming at parts too! But the 2nd 1/3 of the book really redeemed it and so I'm rounding this 3.5 star read to a 4. I will say that the illustrations were lovely and really enhanced the book!