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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2014 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 3–5—Ten-year-old Celie confides her worries about her ex-best friend, her maddening older sister, and her ailing grandmother in her journal. Humor and an accessible epistolary format lighten the story's heavy issues of bullying, age-related illness, and parental discord. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2014
For her tenth birthday, Celie receives from her dad both a punching bag and a journal; he hopes she'll use them to help work through her strong feelings (and perhaps "inflict significantly less violence" on her older sister, Jo). The punching bag gathers dust, but Celie makes good use of the diary, in which she relates her friendship and family woes through authentic-sounding entries, humorous drawings, and a variety of note...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
For her tenth birthday, Celie receives a journal, in which she relates her friendship and family woes (best friend Lula has suddenly ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
