A review by vtsarahd
Bigger Than a Bread Box by Mitali Perkins

4.0

Rebecca is a twelve year old girl who finds herself moving to Atlanta from Baltimore unexpected when her parents separate. In her grandmother's attic, she finds a bread box that she decides she wants to bring downstairs and keep in her new room. She soon accidentally discovers that the bread box can bring her things that she wishes for. As Rebecca struggles to adjust to living in a new city and going to a new school, she takes comfort in the items she receives from the bread box, until one day when she discovers that the box steals the items that it gives to her. Rebecca has tough choices to make and all the while is coping with the impending divorce of her parents. Children whose parents are going through a divorce may take comfort in this story as Rebecca comes to terms with the changes in her life. Laurel Snyder does a great job of helping the reader empathize with Rebecca.