Review: This Book Belongs To by Daley James Francis ★★★★
A nine-year-old girl. A magical sketchbook. A huge imagination. A lot of trouble.
When men in hardhats arrive at Amy Carr’s house, she’s old enough to understand that this isn’t a social call. They are there to knock down her house. In the ruins, Amy unearths an old sketchbook. Soon she learns that this isn’t an ordinary sketchbook.
The creatures she draws in this magical sketchbook come alive. The premise behind this book is fun and just as creative as Amy’s imagination in the story. Most middle grade readers are still focused inward and aren’t very aware of the outside […]
This book contains brief scenes of rape and physical abuse.
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