Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. 42 miles.
Clarion (Houghton Mifflin), 2008, 73p, $16.00, 978-0-618-61867-5.
42 miles are worlds apart as JoEllen tries to reconcile her city life with her mother and life on the farm with her father. At times, it seems as if she is two different people, as she struggles to find her own identity in this free-verse novel.
“School days in the city with Mom / weekends on the farm with Dad.” 42 miles are worlds apart as JoEllen tries to reconcile her city life with her mother and life on the farm with her father. Ellen, to her mom, jokes with her friends, plays the sax, lives for fashion and old movies, and works at a second-hand shop. Joey, to her dad, rides horses with her cousin, creates outrageous recipes with her dad, mucks out the stables and listens to bluegrass music. At times, it seems as if she is two different people, as she struggles to find her own identity in this free-verse novel.
Enjoyable and well written, illustrated with black and white collages that look like scrapbook entries, this book will be an enjoyable, and quick, read for older middle school students.
Recommended for middle school collections and YA departments at public libraries. This should be an enjoyable, coming-of-age novel in verse for girls from 6th through 8th grades. PN
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