A review by stacieh
Hertz Gets Fused by Suzanne Purvis

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I received Hertz Gets Fused from @owlsnestpublishers as an ARC. I knew right away I wanted to add this to my #middlegrademarch line up. 

After accidentally torching his room, twelve-year-old tech-obsessed Hertz Zindler is sentenced to a summer in nowhere Arizona with no technology, no friends, and no way off the local sheriff’s suspect list for a recent string of arsons.

HERTZ GETS FUSED is a quick and quirky contemporary read about a boy and his dog and learning new relationships during all the unexpected adventures of life.

This was a fast read. I started it beofre bed to get the flavor of the book. Next thing I knew I was 100 pages in. 

It was written in verse. I have to admit I’m FASCINATED by novels written in verse. They are so fun to read and this one was no exception. This was a truly enjoyable book about a boy being reintroduced to the world outside of screens. 

I definitely recommend this one. My kids won’t read books I recommend but I’m going to leave this one lying about so they will “discover “ it for themselves. 😉