A review by shighley
Crunch by Leslie Connor

4.0

This book struck me as "Boxcar Children Meet the Energy Crisis"; in this case there are parents, but, for the most part, they're not on the scene. I did enjoy it, although sometimes the characters didn't exactly seem to act their age. Dewey is a fine main character, a teen with resourcefulness and occasional self-doubt, not all of it warranted, just like real life. There would be lots of "what if" questions you could use with students, and several science connections.