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Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu
3.0
When Naomi and Elodee move to Eventown, they definitely notice that things change. Elodee notices more than Naomi. Everything is the same. Some things aren't allowed. No one is mean about it because everyone is happy all the time. But somehow Elodee's desire to make things differently, to be different, doesn't quite work in Eventown.
It takes a long time to really get to the meat of this story. There's a lot of time showing, which is generally a good thing though as an adult, I saw the issues early and I wanted to know more about the problems. I wanted to know more about what the family had left behind. The ending makes all these things clear, so that is satisfying.
It's also a book about what it means to be happy and to have a variety of experiences and emotions. I'm not sure it quite gets at the point for me, but I already knew it. I wonder if it wouldn't have been different if we got to be in Naomi's head for a little while, and understand what it felt like to truly understand Eventown.
I do think this could be easily read in school, as an easy entry into utopia/dystopia. I would be curious to read this alongside the intended age group to see what their takeaways are.
It takes a long time to really get to the meat of this story. There's a lot of time showing, which is generally a good thing though as an adult, I saw the issues early and I wanted to know more about the problems. I wanted to know more about what the family had left behind. The ending makes all these things clear, so that is satisfying.
It's also a book about what it means to be happy and to have a variety of experiences and emotions. I'm not sure it quite gets at the point for me, but I already knew it. I wonder if it wouldn't have been different if we got to be in Naomi's head for a little while, and understand what it felt like to truly understand Eventown.
I do think this could be easily read in school, as an easy entry into utopia/dystopia. I would be curious to read this alongside the intended age group to see what their takeaways are.