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Reviewed on April 1, 1994
Gr 4-8 Writing in a lighter vein than in Mama, Let's Dance (1991) and Someone to Count On (1993, both Little), Hermes presents Alex, a cheerfully self-centered preteen who wants desperately to show she is responsible enough to babysit and have her ears pierced. More than that, she wants to prove to her parents that she is growing up-a difficult task considering all the scrapes that she gets into. A class project of caring fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More