The Way to Bea is not as good as The Truth About Twinkie Pie, but nothing ever will be! Not even if it’s the same author. It’s not to say I didn’t love her latest book, The Way to Bea, I did (and I’ll get to that in a second), but how does anyone top their favorite book, ever?
Okay, have you ever wanted to hug a book? That is what happens when you read a Kat Yeh book, any of her books (The Friend Ship, The Truth About Twinkie Pie). I swear, you will stop halfway through and hug the book.
In The Way to Bea (middle grade book), at least one sentence in each chapter caused me do a double read. It was that good. I had to read it twice, with a nice long pause thinking about it afterwards.
The Way to Bea, in one word would be…heartbeat. I think what makes this story special is all the little stories around the central focus. The teacher, the parents. Everything is knit together as though Yeh was working on a scarf, not a book.
The Way to Bea taught me about Labyrinths and haikus. Like all Kat Yeh stories, it warms your heart, it causes you to feel for the main character. It causes you to think about yourself. You will instantly love all the characters in The Way to Bea, even her parents. (They are the type of parents many of us wished for, even if they didn’t always pay attention).
Five out of five stars for The Way to Bea, releasing September 19th. You can pre-order it, so you should, you must, go, hurry.
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