Ivy June Mosley of Thunder Creek and Catherine Combs of Lexington, Kentucky are 7th grade exchange students charged with keeping a journal about their personal experiences during the 2 week shadowing each other. Naylor nailed the fact that both teens are concerned about fitting in to very different life styles. Each has uncomfortable moments in the others live. As I read I felt that this concept "city girl and the country girl" had been done before. Naylor makes family crisis come alive in each girl's life making them each realize how much in common they have. Useful to promote discussions of stereotypes.
Mark Twain 2011-2012 nominee
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