A review by plaidpladd
The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty

funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was part of my project this year to each month read a book with that month in the title. It was a pretty good pick for that, and I think some late elementary/tweens might like it more than I did. I generally liked the plot, but found the main character a bit annoying towards the end and wished the denouement had been a bit longer. On the whole, satisfying but forgettable. I liked that it included multiple appendices of resources on the various topics from the story--more middle grade fiction books should do that.