Martin,
Ann M. Ten Good and Bad Things About
My Life. Macmillan/ Feiwel & Friends 259p $16.99 978-0-312-64299-0 2012 elem VG-BN Realistic Fiction
Upper-elementary students who enjoy realistic
fiction with female protagonists will appreciate this story.
Students who have read Ann Martin’s first adventure with Pearl
Littlefield, Ten Rules for Living With My Sister, will especially
enjoy Pearl’s new experiences and life events.
Pearl Littlefield is a fifth-grader who is struggling to complete her essay-writing assignment
about her summer vacation. For Pearl and
her family, summer vacation did not go exactly as planned. From her father getting fired from his economics job to her attending
Camp Merrimac with her sister Lexie as her counselor-in-training, Pearl’s start to
the summer was anything but fun. Her time at summer
camp was filled with new adventures with her best friend James Brubaker II
(JBIII). But because of her dad’s job situation, the
family vacation to the wild west was replaced by a staycation sightseeing New
York. At first, these events did not
thrill Pearl, but in the end, she realized that changes in plans are not always negative, and something good always comes out of them.
The author includes Pearl’s outline for
her essay at the end, but every chapter also has part of that outline and a list of
things to see in New York City.
For schools that use Accelerated
Reader, this title already has a quiz ready for readers (AR Quiz #155487).
Summer Vacation-Fiction --Charleen Forba-Mayer
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