Anyone who has ever had a first recital can really relate to this book. And of course, if you like spunky heroines, you will also relate to this book.

National Book Award Nominee 2009

This was a really good book. I still don't agree with the decision to include it in the young adult category, because it was published and marketed as an adult book, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it was a powerful story and a book that I didn't want to put down.

National Book Award Nominee 2009 (and my favorite so far)

This book is more the biography of a marriage than a biography of either Charles and Emma Darwin, although it does give a brief history of their lives prior to their marriage. I think what I liked best about this book was that it showed how someone with deep religious faith and someone who wasn't even sure there was a God could make a marriage work and not be at each other's throats all the time. An interesting look at some interesting people.

I think it's good to have books for LGBTQ and nontraditional families. This one, I thought, was a little too...picture perfect. And the reason why one family is the neighborhood dislikes the main family is never really addressed. I liked it, and I thought it was cute, but a little too ideal and perfect.

National Book Award Nominee 2009

This book was okay. I found it hard to relate to all three girls. I'm surprised it was nominated for this award.