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The Battle Of Darcy Lane (2014)

by Tara Altebrando(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0762449489 (ISBN13: 9780762449484)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Running Press Kids

review 1: Tara Altebrando really knows how to write from a young middle grade perspective. I think any one in that age range would enjoy this and I think any parent would approve their child reading this book. This is a realistic look at how friendships grow and change. It also showed the pain of letting a friend go when that relationship doesn't work anymore. Julia's summer was full of learning experiences.I was impressed with Altebrando's writing of the parents. It seems a large number of books for young teens leave the parents out of the picture. In this book Julia has two wonderful involved parents, who also have a great relationship. It is great to read about parents who are setting a good example for their children.The ending felt satisfying to me, but also open ended. I ... morehope that means we will see Julia again. I would like to know how she does when she gets back into the school routine.More reviews at Ope's Opinions.com
review 2: I really enjoyed this book and am eager to share it with middle school students. I think it portrays twelve-year-old girls very accurately. I love the way the main character, Julia, vacillates between feeling annoyed by her mom and wanting to be close to her mom, and the interactions between Julia and the two other girls on her street, Alyssa and Taylor, are very well done. As Julia observes several times, the new girl on the block, Alyssa, really is mean, but she is mean to Julia in realistic ways. Her critical and teasing comments are infuriating but believable, and so are Julia's responses. While Alyssa is the main antagonist, Julia's old best friend Taylor might be even more hurtful. I like the way Julia doesn't want to lose Taylor as her best friend and therefore doesn't quite process what Taylor is doing to her. That also felt very realistic to me. I also like the details of the Russia game that the girls play, the cicadas, and the new TV miniseries that Julia isn't allowed to watch but Taylor and Alyssa are. This is a lovely story about what it feels like to be caught between being a child and being a teenager. less

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