Small Spaces by Katherine Arden, 218 pages. Putnam, 2018.
$17.
Content: Language: G (1
swear); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Ollie misses her mother so much that she avoids
life by reading books. One day on her
way home from school, after a particularly trying day, Ollie happens upon a
woman mumbling nonsense and trying to throw a book into the river. Ollie grabs the book from the woman and races
home. Ollie quickly falls into the story
of two brothers who love the same woman and the ghost story that follows. What Ollie doesn’t realize is that she will
fall into the same ghost story with her schoolmates.
This book is creepy fun. I couldn’t put it down and loved Ollie and
her courage. Although the book is scary,
it’s clean and has great character development that emphasizes friendship, love
and moving on. Such a fun read!
C. Peterson
No comments:
Post a Comment