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A review by quietjenn
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han
2.0
2 1/2. It's cute enough, I guess, but there are an awful lot of cute/spunky/precocious/whatevs early-chapter girl books and, compared to the best of them, Clara Lee didn't stack up. At times, it felt very lessony - like, "Okay, kids! Now we're going to learn about being a good friend!" - and a great part of the voice felt inauthentic. More like what grown-ups think kids this age sound like, as opposed to what they actually sound like.
I did super like Clara Lee's interactions with her grandfather and the illustrations work well with the text. I'll buy it for the library, probably, and kids will probably check it out. I'll only recommend it to them after all the Clementines, Ivy and Beans, Ruby Lus, Mallorys and Graces were checked out, though. But, before Junie B. Jones, since her I hate.
I did super like Clara Lee's interactions with her grandfather and the illustrations work well with the text. I'll buy it for the library, probably, and kids will probably check it out. I'll only recommend it to them after all the Clementines, Ivy and Beans, Ruby Lus, Mallorys and Graces were checked out, though. But, before Junie B. Jones, since her I hate.