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Kelsey Green, Reading Queen (2013)

by Claudia Mills(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0374374880 (ISBN13: 9780374374884)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

review 1: A cute read about a young girl who loves to read and wants to win a reading contest. Kelsey reminds me a lot of myself at her age, spending most of her free time reading. But she also had two good friends, Annika and Izzy. But neither of Kelsey's friends love reading the way she does. In fact they have other interests, Annika loves math and Izzy loves running. Kelsey is determined to win the reading contest by helping her classmates read more and by determining if her main rival Simon is cheating or not.Kelsey presents as a likable, cute girl with a strong competitive streak. She works hard to read books that qualify for the contest but don't really challenge her. She recruits her friends to help her determine if Simon really is reading all the books he says he is an... mored they come up with a plan to find out. The story feels realistic with a teacher that's very focused on her job and a jolly principal who has volunteered to shave his beard if the school meets its reading goal. This series is likely to appeal to readers who like Judy Moody, Clementine, and Ivy & Bean. Personally, I found it a bit irritating that Kelsey assumed Simon was cheating because he was beating her in the contest. Also, the principal's bouncing into the classroom during prime teaching time also bugged me, probably since I'm a teacher myself and teachers need every minute they can get without interruption. However, it's very possible that there are principals out there like that. Neither of these things are likely to bother a child reader.
review 2: Is it wrong to love a story so much just because the main character is an enormously obsessive reader? I’m not sure, and I’m also not sure that anyone other than enormously obsessive readers would love this book quite as much as those of us who are such do and will. Nevertheless, even if you are not, I would hope that you would admire the character growth of little Kelsey, who sets aside her own personal goals to help her class achieve its goal.It’s a marvelous tale, I think. I love it. less

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