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Cargando... A Soft Place to Landpor Janae Marks
   Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  bell7 | Jul 29, 2023 |   A Soft Place to Land initially appealed to me because of the author, Janae Marks. When I read From the Desk of Zoe Washington, I loved the writer’s style, and I was excited to read more. I am also trying to read a lot of upcoming middle-grade fiction as I prepare to switch up my guided reading curriculum for next year. Overall, highly recommend this book for a middle-grade audience, but the content is a bit too young for high schoolers. This book centers on Joy, who dreams of growing up and writing movie scores. She takes piano lessons and is very passionate about her dream, but things are changing. Her house was almost foreclosed on, and Joy’s family has moved from a house into an apartment. However, there are a lot of positives with this shift! Joy almost immediately begins to make friends, which keeps this book on an upbeat track, while still recognizing the struggles Joy sees in her parents fighting over money, and Joy and her sister, Malia, adjusting to a smaller space. Throughout, we see small sacrifices our characters have to make. I appreciated how real the parents feel--they struggle repeatedly and work on their communication and issues but persist in the name of their kids. I thought they were very well written without taking away from Joy’s story. (  ) ACLopez6 | Feb 25, 2023 | Quotes "Sometimes I feel like someone took a slingshot and shot me high into the air, and now I'm waving my arms and trying to find a soft place to land." (ch. 12) ch. 20 ch. 36 (  ) JennyArch | May 19, 2022 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: In this compelling and heartfelt mystery story, Janae Marksâ??author of the acclaimed bestselling From the Desk of Zoe Washingtonâ??follows a young girl reshaping her meaning of home. Perfect for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. Two starred reviews! A Project Lit Club Book Club Selection, S&L Lead Title, Banks Street Best Children's Books of the Year, and Kids' Indie Next List Pick! "Joyful. A book that kids will love." â??Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me Joy Taylor has always believed home is the house she lived in her entire life. But then her dad lost his job, and suddenly, home becomes a tiny apartment with thin walls, shared bedrooms, and a place for tense arguments between Mom and Dad. Hardest of all, Joy doesn't have her music to escape through anymore. Without enough funds, her dreams of becoming a great pianistâ??and one day, a film score composerâ??have been put on hold. A friendly new neighbor her age lets Joy in on the complex's best-kept secret: the Hideout, a cozy refuge that only the kids know about. And it's in this little hideaway that Joy starts exchanging secret messages with another kid in the building who also seems to be struggling, untilâ??abruptly, they stop writing back. What if they're in trouble? Joy is determined to find out who this mystery writer is, fast, but between trying to raise funds for her music lessons, keeping on a brave face for her little sister, and worrying about her parents' marriage, Joy isn't sure how to keep her own head above water. "Squeezes your heart in such a special way." â??Lisa Moore Ramée, author of A Good Kind of Trouble and Something to Say "Readers will find hope in Joy's courage, ingenuity, and fierce dedication to her friends." â??Kate Messner, author of Breakout and Chirp "A timely story about connection, loss and the spaces we need to understand one and brave the other." â??Paula Chase, author of Dough B No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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There's something funny that happens as I get older and keep reading kids books as an adult: I sympathize more with the parents. And I definitely did that in this one, wincing at some of Joy's very age-appropriate but questionable choices, and had to keep reorienting myself to her point of view. I will say that her parents are some of the best I've read in children's literature. Her family is loving and, though her parents argue and are having their issues as well, they respond to their children's feelings and pay attention to where they are and what they're doing. Joy's concerns are believable, and I can remember the intensity of friendships and their tensions at that age. I liked it as an adult; I would've loved it as a kid. (