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A review by lostinausten
Chirp by Kate Messner
4.0
A young girl has to overcome her own struggles and help her grandmother's flailing business.
This book starts off so tame and generic and eventually builds up to more serious issues. It begins with Mia and her family moving back to Vermont in order to help take care of her grandmother and her fledgling cricket farm. It turns out that someone is trying to sabotage this cricket farm so there is also a mystery that Mia and her new friends need to solve. (She meets these new friends at a warrior camp and a STEM based camp). Mia is also dealing with a previous injury and some sexual harassment flashbacks from a gymnastics coach..all the while trying to help her grandma. This book also includes other female characters dealing with sexual harassment and the stories they share really bond them. I really appreciated that this book covers such difficult topics, as well as showing burgeoning friendships that develop in order to solve a mystery.
This book starts off so tame and generic and eventually builds up to more serious issues. It begins with Mia and her family moving back to Vermont in order to help take care of her grandmother and her fledgling cricket farm. It turns out that someone is trying to sabotage this cricket farm so there is also a mystery that Mia and her new friends need to solve. (She meets these new friends at a warrior camp and a STEM based camp). Mia is also dealing with a previous injury and some sexual harassment flashbacks from a gymnastics coach..all the while trying to help her grandma. This book also includes other female characters dealing with sexual harassment and the stories they share really bond them. I really appreciated that this book covers such difficult topics, as well as showing burgeoning friendships that develop in order to solve a mystery.