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A review by dawnackroyd
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
4.0
I can't say I'm a big science fiction fan, but I did enjoy this book. I thought it was interesting that the present is set in 1999....not a year any YA readers will really know. I do think this would be a good book to do a class. There is potential for great discussion about friendship, change, the future, time travel, etc. I think this might be a tough one in grade 3....it'd work better in middle school.
I loved how at the end it all got pulled together and told us what the characters did in the future. The main character, Michael, does a lot of worrying about the future, especially Y2K, which is interesting when we know what a nothing burger it ended up being.
We read this book for our Children's Lit book club. Someone made a peach dump cake (Michael steals canned goods, especially peaches) and we had lemonade from the sunshine crew at the high school as well as a charcuterie board Janet brought. It was a great evening!
This is a Newberry winner. Interesting choice! I think this is a book I'd appreciate more and more the more times I read it. I'd enjoy discussing it with students.
I loved how at the end it all got pulled together and told us what the characters did in the future. The main character, Michael, does a lot of worrying about the future, especially Y2K, which is interesting when we know what a nothing burger it ended up being.
We read this book for our Children's Lit book club. Someone made a peach dump cake (Michael steals canned goods, especially peaches) and we had lemonade from the sunshine crew at the high school as well as a charcuterie board Janet brought. It was a great evening!
This is a Newberry winner. Interesting choice! I think this is a book I'd appreciate more and more the more times I read it. I'd enjoy discussing it with students.