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librarianryan 's review for:
Just Pretend
by Tori Sharp
lighthearted
medium-paced
Travel through middle school with Tori as she recants her memories of 7th and 8th grade. This is a character driven story of tough points in life. Sometimes it a moody teenage brother named Ryan or his twin sister the dancing phenom. Sometimes it’s mom and dad fighting, and dad forgetting his weekly dinners. This story is mostly a set of vignettes, broken up by pieces of the book written within the pages of this book. To be honest, I kept waiting for something to happen between these pages, but this isn’t the type of story where things happen and the ending is wrapped up and presented in a bow. In fact I thought the ending was a bit abrupt. But then again it mirrors life. I did really like how the author talked at the end about how remembering things later in life gives you a new perspective, and that is what this feels like… an adult remembering standout moments in their childhood for better and for worse.