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Værker af Martha Freeman

The Year My Parents Ruined My Life (1997) 361 eksemplarer
Strudel's Forever Home (2016) 89 eksemplarer
Fourth Grade Weirdo (1999) 68 eksemplarer
1000 Reasons Never to Kiss a Boy (2007) 33 eksemplarer
The Orphan and the Mouse (2014) 33 eksemplarer
If You're Going to a March (2018) 31 eksemplarer
The Trouble with Cats (2000) 31 eksemplarer
The Secret Cookie Club (2016) 23 eksemplarer
Stink Bomb Mom (1996) 22 eksemplarer
Zap! (2018) 21 eksemplarer
The Trouble with Twins (2007) 16 eksemplarer
Goldilocks, Go Home! (2019) 13 eksemplarer
The Trouble with Babies (2002) 10 eksemplarer
Trashed! (2023) 10 eksemplarer
Campfire Cookies (2016) 9 eksemplarer
The Spy Wore Shades (2001) 9 eksemplarer
P.S. Send More Cookies (2017) 9 eksemplarer
The Polyester Grandpa (1998) 9 eksemplarer
Little Red Hoodie (2020) 7 eksemplarer
Um Ano Para Esquecer 2 eksemplarer

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Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 1 anden anmeldelse | Sep 15, 2022 |
Eleven year olds Alex Parakeet and his next door neighbour Yasmeen Popp are best friends and they make up the Chickadee Court Detective Agency.

Their services are called for when Alex’s dad finds his grandma’s pumpkin pie recipe has gone missing. It isn’t just any pumpkin pie recipe, it is called Grandma’s Million Dollar Pumpkin Pie recipe and Alex’s dad is to prepare it on live TV. The seriousness is without the recipe Alex’s dad doesn’t remember the secret ingredient that makes it so special.

There is a long list of suspects for the kids to investigate. Being they are neighbours and friends doesn’t make it any easier. Especially when the majority would love to take Alex’s dad’s place and make their own specialties while on live TV.

The action moves and the book is a fun read for kids and adults. And yes, the recipe is in the book to try making it yourself.
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ChazziFrazz | 1 anden anmeldelse | Dec 30, 2021 |
BOTTOM-LINE:
Okay, but expect most middle-graders would find it slow
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
A blackout hits New Jersey and two kids try to figure out how it happened and how to fix it.
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WHAT I LIKED:
The level is middle-grade and moves along at an okay pace. The cause of the blackout comes down to computers, and the solution is relatively straightforward without seeming too simplistic. Good interesting characters, for the most part.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
There's a plot hole in the solution -- without revealing spoilers, the solution might fix homes and businesses but it wouldn't have fixed the street lights, for instance -- but it's a small quibble. The real challenge is the level of exposition that is frequently dumped heavily into the story. Since they're kids, they don't know the "details" so everything they find out, they ask someone to explain it to them. At length. It really slows down the pace. The book tries to ramp it up a bit with a bit of suspense and violence, but they seem more amateurish than threatening.
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.
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polywogg | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jan 11, 2020 |
In this fractured fairy tale, Goldilocks decides to stay with the bears instead of running away screaming. She has run away from her home where she feels she is not wanted anymore. This is a humorous take on the traditional fairy tale told from baby bear and goldilocks’ point of view. This would be a good story for a teacher doing a unit on fractured fairy tales and children will laugh out loud at some of the characters and their antics. Baby bear goes by Bobby in this story.
 
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SWONclear | Jul 17, 2019 |

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Værker
38
Medlemmer
2,210
Popularitet
#11,601
Vurdering
½ 3.5
Anmeldelser
24
ISBN
147
Sprog
4

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