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melhara's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this epistolary middle-grade novel that consists of journal entries from Lucy and doodles and notes from Andy - two kids who write to Mr. Moffat as part of a class assignment in which they can use their notebooks for whatever purpose they want.
Lucy uses the notebook as a diary of sorts to complain about her neighbour Andy and also shares her thoughts on poetry with Mr. Moffat. Meanwhile, Andy (the troublemaker), only draws doodles in his notebook but slowly opens up to Mr. Moffat.
Although the journal entries are all one-sided (we never see Mr. Moffat's responses), the story moves at a pretty quick pace while getting a really good sense of Lucy and Andy's personalities and thought processes.
This book does deal with heavy issues and themes of abuse, which I thought was handled quite well and teaches kids to be more empathetic.
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Part of a personal challenge to read all of my boyfriend's and his sister's childhood books before we donate and give them away.
Lucy uses the notebook as a diary of sorts to complain about her neighbour Andy and also shares her thoughts on poetry with Mr. Moffat. Meanwhile, Andy (the troublemaker), only draws doodles in his notebook but slowly opens up to Mr. Moffat.
Although the journal entries are all one-sided (we never see Mr. Moffat's responses), the story moves at a pretty quick pace while getting a really good sense of Lucy and Andy's personalities and thought processes.
This book does deal with heavy issues and themes of abuse, which I thought was handled quite well and teaches kids to be more empathetic.
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Part of a personal challenge to read all of my boyfriend's and his sister's childhood books before we donate and give them away.
dlcomrie's review against another edition
4.0
It was amazing and at some parts sad. It was the first book that made me cry.
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