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A review by tcbueti
A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks
5.0
A little slow but very respectful of kids’ need for their own space and some autonomy.
Joy’s family is struggling financially, and they’ve moved into a smaller apparent, forcing her to share a room with her little sister. She has also lost her piano and the $ to take lessons—she wants to compose film scores. Her parents are fighting, jobless dad sleeping at his brother’s house, so when her new friend Nora shows her the basement room (accessed through a trap door) that older kids in the building have fixed up, she’s thrilled. But then who is writing sad (troubling) messages on the wall?
She and Nora start a dog walking business—this is very well portrayed—the steps, challenges, etc.
An emergency causes her to accidentally reveal the secret room. Then everyone hates her. How can she make things right? Making (and keeping) friends.
Joy’s family is struggling financially, and they’ve moved into a smaller apparent, forcing her to share a room with her little sister. She has also lost her piano and the $ to take lessons—she wants to compose film scores. Her parents are fighting, jobless dad sleeping at his brother’s house, so when her new friend Nora shows her the basement room (accessed through a trap door) that older kids in the building have fixed up, she’s thrilled. But then who is writing sad (troubling) messages on the wall?
She and Nora start a dog walking business—this is very well portrayed—the steps, challenges, etc.
An emergency causes her to accidentally reveal the secret room. Then everyone hates her. How can she make things right? Making (and keeping) friends.