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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2017 | Middle Gradel
Gr 4–6—Cricket Cohen is intense, precocious, and passionate about geology; she also frequently embroiders the truth in order to make it more interesting. Cricket, who readers may recognize as Veronica Morgan's classmate from Burns's earlier novel, The Good, the Bad, and the Beagle, is basically an 11-year-old version of Kay Thompson's Eloise. Her beloved grandmother, Dodo Fabricant, shares her love of drama and make-believe, and when the two of them embark on a spur-of-the-moment adventure th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2018
Sixth grader Cricket lies easily and has an overactive imagination, which gets her into trouble with everyone but her unconventional grandmo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
