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Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder (from a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

Friday, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:54am

Parker struggles to reconnect with her twin brother, Charlie—who’s recovering from cancer—as she tries to deal with her anxiety about the future in this powerful new novel.Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites.Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful.Charlie is confident while Parker aims to please. Charlie is outgoing and outspoken; Parker is introverted and reserved. And of course, there’s the one other major difference: Charlie got cancer. Parker didn’t.But now that Charlie is officially in remission, life couldn’t be going better for Parker. She’s landed a prestigious summer internship at the hospital and is headed to Harvard in the fall to study pediatric oncology—which is why the anxiety she’s felt since her Harvard acceptance is so unsettling. And it doesn’t help that her relationship with Charlie has been on the rocks since his diagnosis.Enter Finn, a boy who’s been leaving strange graffiti messages all over town. Parker can’t stop thinking about those messages, or about Finn, who makes her feel free for the first time: free to doubt, free to make mistakes, and free to confront the truth that Parker has been hiding from for a long time.That she keeps trying to save Charlie, when the person who really needs saving is herself.

Letting Go of Gravity is phenomenal! I couldn’t put it down! Letting Go of Gravity is a very emotional book and I had tears in my eyes the whole way through. Meg Leder is an amazing author and I hope that she writes more books like this! I could reread this book a thousand times and never get bored! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good cry.

-Tatyana, from a Two Thumb Up reviewers 

Categories: Two Thumbs Up

Meena Meets Her Match by Karla Manternach (from a Two Thumbs Up reviewer)

Friday, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:33am

Meena’s life is full of color. She wears vibrant clothes, eats every shade of the rainbow, and plucks eye-catching trash from the neighborhood recycling bins. But when Meena’s best friend, Sofía, stops playing with her at recess and she experiences an unexpected and scary incident at breakfast, nothing can fight off the gray.That’s when Meena comes up with a plan to create the BEST and most COLORFUL Valentine’s Day Box in the class. With the help of her cousin, Eli, and her stuffed zebra, Raymond, Meena discovers that the best way to break through the blah is to let her true colors shine.

Meena Meets Her Match is about a girl named Meena. Meena loves her life, until her best friend Sophia stops playing with her, and something very serious and traumatic happens. Meena’s life has completely changed. What will Meena do? I like this book because I know what it’s like. I would definitely give this book a 5 out of 5!

-Hannah, a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

Categories: Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Two Thumbs Up Kids

Freya & Zoose by Emily Butler (from a Two Thumbs Up reviewer)

Saturday, Feb 09, 2019 at 11:58am

Freya has always craved--and feared--adventure. Traipsing all over the world is simply not what dignified rockhopper penguins do. But when she hears about Captain Salomon August Andrée's hot-air balloon expedition to the North Pole, Freya packs her copy of Hints to Lady Travellers and hops on board.Only moments after leaving land, Freya discovers a fellow stowaway! Meet Zoose, the scrappy, uncouth mouse whose endless wisecracks and despicable manners make him a less-than-ideal travel companion.When the hot-air balloon is forced to land in the Arctic, these polar opposites must learn how to get along. Their very survival depends on it.Debut author Emily Butler spins wonder and whimsy and Jennifer Thermes contributes over fifty black-and-white illustrations to bring this enchanting friendship tale to life.

Freya and Zoose started a bit slow but got better and more exciting. My favourite character was Zoose. I think this book would be good for ten year olds. This book was very interesting and cool. I liked it a lot.

-Kiera, a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

Categories: Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Two Thumbs Up Kids

Click by Kayla Miller (from a Twol Thumbs Up reviewer)

Monday, Feb 04, 2019 at 7:45pm

Click

$18.99

Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade—until one day she doesn’t. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups . . . without her. With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up? Author-illustrator Kayla Miller has woven together a heartfelt and insightful story about navigating friendships, leaning on family, and learning to take the stage in the most important role of all.

Click is the story of a young girl by the name of Olive. Olive tries to fit in with everyone, but in her perspective no one wants her to be in their act for the variety show. This book tells you the struggles to fit in. I really enjoyed this book, as well as the name it was given. 

-Zoey, a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

Categories: Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Two Thumbs Up Kids

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton (from a Two Thumbs Up reviewer)

Monday, Feb 04, 2019 at 8:09pm

$24.99

I originally picked up Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful, by Arwen Elys Dayton because the cover and synopsis kind of reminded me of the “Uglies” series which used to be one of my favourite series. This novel was actually a collection of six short stories that take place further and further into the future and are all loosely connected by one character, Reverend Tadd. I typically don’t like short story collections but I thought it worked really well for this novel and I liked how all the stories were still intertwined. I also liked that the six main characters of the different stories were all very distinct and separate characters. I sometimes find in short story collections the different characters tend to blend together and become hard to tell apart. That was not the case in this novel and I felt all the characters had very distinct voices.

Although this novel’s topic of the implications of humans genetically modifying themselves as science gets better was very interesting. This is definitely a very thought provoking book, and quite relevant, I think, in a world where already we have people fighting over GMO, vaccines, stem cells,  and the ethics of genetically modifying embryos.

Overall I really enjoyed this book though, at times, I felt the pace was a little slow in some of the stories. I’d recommend this book to people who like sci-fi or have an interest in science and genetics and the ethics of these topics. If you liked the Uglies series you would probably also enjoy this book.

-Niina, a Two Thumbs Up reviewer

Categories: Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Two Thumbs Up
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