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Reviewed on July 1, 2017 | Middle Grade
Gr 3–6—In her debut middle grade novel, Newman writes a homage to E.L. Konigsburg's iconic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Walter and Frankie scheme to spend the night alone in an IKEA store. They have been friends their whole lives, and their families are close, and both kids are obsessed with the IKEA catalogue. In the chaos of loading the purchases into separate cars after a joint trip to IKEA for Walter's birthday, Walter and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2017
Frankie (short for Francesca) and Walter have been best friends since preschool, sharing their jokes, fears, books--and love of everything IKEA. When their families make plans for a joint trip to the nearby IKEA store, Frankie and Walter launch a Mixed-Up Files-inspired plan to spend the night alone there--a plan that's part simple adventure and part reaction to Walter's ongoing (but unexpressed) grief following his father's deat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Frankie (short for Francesca) and Walter have been best friends since preschool, sharing their jokes, fears, books--and love of everything IKEA. When their families make plans for a joint trip to the nearby IKEA store, Frankie and Walter launch a Mixed-Up Files-inspired plan to spend the night alone there--a plan that's part simple adventure and part reaction to Walter's ongoing (but unexpressed) grief following his father's deat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
