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The Popularity Papers: Book Four: The Rocky Road Trip Of Lydia Goldblatt And Julie Graham-Chang (2012)

by Amy Ignatow(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1613123116 (ISBN13: 9781613123119)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Amulet Books

series

The Popularity Papers

review 1: Julie and Lydia are back! In this volume Julie's dads take the girls on a cross country roadtrip as part of their summer vacation. Along the way, there are visits with both girls' families. Both girls learn that families can be complicated, with both finding members of their family who don't accept them for who they are. They also find that the family you choose and/or make is sometimes better than anything you could imagine.Author Ignatow has produced her best work with this volume of Lydia and Julie's adventures. Lydia's distant and unaccepting father is contrasted with both of Julie's loving fathers. Julie's grandparents, who never accepted that their son is gay, married and adopted a daughter are compared to her other grandparents who embrace the life their son h... moreas made for themselves. The girls' relationship with each other is strengthened through the trip. We also see Lydia's relationship with her sister Melody strengthen through the emails the two girls exchange. And all of this is captured in the diary/notebook/graphic novel style that helps to make this series so endearing.Go get this. Heck get the whole series.
review 2: Having successfully navigated sixth grade, best friends Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang embark on a roadtrip with Julie's two fathers while her mother returns to London, her sister Melody goes to Guatemala for a work project. After flying cross country, they drive across the United States, making stops along the way to see the sights and visit family members, including Lydia's father. While some of the sections featuring neat facts about the places they have visited seem as though they are commercials or attempts to drum up interest in tourist spots, the storyline allows the girls to continue to grow. As they watch the adults in their lives navigate their own family dynamics, they realize that no one is free from family expectations, even when he/she is a grown up, and that adults often make mistakes. Lydia and Julie are fortunate to have stable adults who care for them, but even those adults have their own set of parents to please. The ink, colored pencil, colored marker, yarn, and digital illustrations fit the girls' personalities perfectly, adding immeasurably to the pleasures of reading this title. less

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