A Chicago MG from 2003
- Vanessa Bettencourt
- Mar 17, 2024
- 1 min read
In 2003 I had never imagined I would be living where this girl lives (the main character, but the author too lives in Chicago)
📕𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Sahara Special (first edition 1st April 2003)
📘𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Middle-Grade Self-Esteem, School Issues
📗𝗔𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆: 9+
✍️𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Essie Raji Codell author of Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First-Year
📚𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: Hyperion books for children @littlebrownyoungreaders
📜𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀: 192
📖𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗡: 1
🛍𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁:... from bookstore
𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
👉 Emotional and relatable, set in Chicago
👉 A little girl who wants to be a writer
👉 An amazing Nanny Macphee-ish kind of teacher
👉 A feel-good, uplifting book even during sad chapters
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤?
The cover spoke to me. Grabbed it and couldn't leave without buying it, read it with no clue of what was about. Cover art by Giselle Potter.
🎨 @gisellepotter check out the artist she has illustrated many other books including one for Toni Morrison & Slade Morrison (The Big Box)
𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄:
5️⃣➕️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️
Beautiful book. I wish I had a teacher like Sahara did.
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