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3.5 stars! Find Me in Havana follows a mother and daughter in the 1950s and 60s. This historical fiction gives off major “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” vibes. With the mother being a Cuban American actress and singer in the 1950s. I thought the storyline was clever to add the Cuban historical aspect. However , it did fall short a bit. I enjoyed the historical aspects and I really felt for Nina and her mother. But at times I felt like the story dragged a bit, I did not become invested until the 50% point and the epilogue did not wrap the story up very well. The ending had so much potential, but it really get rushed.
4.5 star!
In this phenomenal middle grade novel we follow Karma Moon and her adventurous group. Living with her dad in West Village, Karma is full of what if’s and moo goo from her favorite Chinese place. Her dad has a movie production “company” and one day they get a call from Netflix asking to shoot a docu-series for them. The series however is to find ghosts in the infamous Stanley Hotel! Full of twists and turns, Karma, her friend Mags, and her dog Alfred Hitchcock must find and capture footage of these ghosts.
I enjoyed this story so much. Karma was such an amazing character. I enjoyed how spooked she was about everything because that would be how I would react. I think this is a great middle grade for readers. It was spooky, adventurous, talked about real things young kids could be going through in their personal life. The ONLY thing I was not in love with was the pop culture references. The horror movie and Stephen king reference were find because it went with the story. But off the top of my head, towards the end there were talks about The Avengers Endgame and I feel like in 3-4 plus years that will not be something young readers can recall or maybe care about, I might be wrong, but it was something the book could be without.
In this phenomenal middle grade novel we follow Karma Moon and her adventurous group. Living with her dad in West Village, Karma is full of what if’s and moo goo from her favorite Chinese place. Her dad has a movie production “company” and one day they get a call from Netflix asking to shoot a docu-series for them. The series however is to find ghosts in the infamous Stanley Hotel! Full of twists and turns, Karma, her friend Mags, and her dog Alfred Hitchcock must find and capture footage of these ghosts.
I enjoyed this story so much. Karma was such an amazing character. I enjoyed how spooked she was about everything because that would be how I would react. I think this is a great middle grade for readers. It was spooky, adventurous, talked about real things young kids could be going through in their personal life. The ONLY thing I was not in love with was the pop culture references. The horror movie and Stephen king reference were find because it went with the story. But off the top of my head, towards the end there were talks about The Avengers Endgame and I feel like in 3-4 plus years that will not be something young readers can recall or maybe care about, I might be wrong, but it was something the book could be without.
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I enjoyed this, in similar fashion to every David Levithan book I’ve read. It didn’t give way to anything in depth. Lucas’ brother goes missing for 6 days. When he returns, Aiden believes that the dresser in the attic took him away to another land.
For a middle grade I enjoyed it, but as an older reader I wanted more. More everything. I felt like without the extra plot lines it was a very average read.
For a middle grade I enjoyed it, but as an older reader I wanted more. More everything. I felt like without the extra plot lines it was a very average read.
