I chose this book from the JF New Books display strictly on the title. I have an affinity for chocolate and even have a chocolate room in my house. What an absolutely delightful find! Young (6th grade) April Grace is a well-developed character who will steal your heart, enliven and entertain you with quick whit and clever turn of phrase, and instruct you on what it means to be part of a family...
April Grace Reilly's "curiosity itches [her] worse than poison ivy and mosquito bites put together." She has an extraordinarily difficult (sneaky, snarky) older sister, a dating grandmother, two parents, a brand new baby brother, Eli, and another grandmothers who had abandoned her mother twice and suddenly shows up during her real grandma's surprise birthday party. In an excellent Author's Note, Ms. McCrite give her rationale for "setting the Confessions Series in the 1980's and states that her raison d'etre is to "show kids that, no matter what era you grow up in, your problems and issues echo and reflect problems and issues of days gone by. What you experience is new to you but it's not new."
"Chocolate is always good for what ails you."
"If you're gonna be a Christian, then you need to act like Christ."
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