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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
In Spinelli's novel in verse, Birdie, age twelve, is having a summer disrupted by love. Her live-in grandmother gets a fresh lease on life when she tumbles for the new-senior-in-town. Martin, Birdie's Scrabble pal, falls for their mutual friend Nina, making Birdie realize that not only does she like Martin, but she's on the verge of liking him. Most difficult of all, Birdie's mother, a widow of three years, starts dating. Birdie morphs fro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2019
In Spinelli's novel in verse, Birdie, age twelve, is having a summer disrupted by love. Her live-in grandmother gets a fresh lease on life when she tumbles for the new-senior-in-town. Martin, Birdie's Scrabble pal, falls for their mutual friend Nina, making Birdie realize that not only does she like Martin, but she's on the verge of liking him. Most difficult of all, Birdie's mother, a widow of three years, starts dating. Birdie morphs fro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
