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Odessa Again (2013)

by Dana Reinhardt(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0449015297 (ISBN13: 9780449015292)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Listening Library (Audio)

review 1: Great family story about self discovery and family. When Odessa's mom and dad divorce,they sell their family home, she moves to a new rental home while her at home mom looks for work, her dad is getting remarried and her younger brother Oliver aka toad is driving her crazy. Between friendships, school and boy crushes and sharing Wednesday night dinners with her dad, life has changed and not for the better. Odessa finds a way to deal with the changes when she discovers her attic bedroom has a magic portal through her floor that allows her to go back in time and change or fix mistakes in her past. Nicely paced, this story will keep readers hooked as Odessa learns that going back in time doesn't always fix the present.
review 2: There is a clever gimmick Odessa ... moreuses to go back and change things that didn't go well or weren't to her liking during the day. It is the author's method for getting kids to look at the choices they make and to think about how they can handle issues with friends and family in a better way. But Odessa makes some really selfish choices and I never grew to like her very well even when she went back in time and "fixed" things. I didn't like the way she treated her elderly neighbor or her brother, Oliver. I also didn't care for the sing-song style of the narrator on the CDs. less

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