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A review by booknrrd
Saturdays with Hitchcock by Ellen Wittlinger
3.0
A 2019-2020 Missouri Truman Readers Award preliminary nominee (grades 6-8).
Twelve-year-old film buff Maisie is having a rough summer. Her favorite uncle, a bit actor in Hollywood, has been staying with them, but he doesn't get along well with her mom. Money is tight. Grandma is acting strangely, and so is her best friend Cy and his new friend Gary.
This wasn't bad. I have trouble imagining 8th graders wanting to read about the relationship troubles of 12 year olds. I also have a 12 year old, and I couldn't picture him or his friends involved in this much angst. It felt like maybe the age was a little off. Otherwise I liked the rest of it and thought it dealt with its subject matter well.
Twelve-year-old film buff Maisie is having a rough summer. Her favorite uncle, a bit actor in Hollywood, has been staying with them, but he doesn't get along well with her mom. Money is tight. Grandma is acting strangely, and so is her best friend Cy and his new friend Gary.
This wasn't bad. I have trouble imagining 8th graders wanting to read about the relationship troubles of 12 year olds. I also have a 12 year old, and I couldn't picture him or his friends involved in this much angst. It felt like maybe the age was a little off. Otherwise I liked the rest of it and thought it dealt with its subject matter well.