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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Hopeful MG Novel Provides Boost for Kids With Messy Life Situations
7:42 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)


The Three Rules of Everyday Magic, a debut novel by Amanda Rawson Hill, is a sweet, hopeful story about forgiveness, kindness, and finding one's inner strength. The tale doesn't come to a neat, tidy end (spoiler alert!), which helps the book stay authentic. Still, it's an empowering novel that will give children with difficult challenges and messy life situations a bit of a lift. While its plot seems a little meandering and unfocused, overall I enjoyed The Three Rules of Everyday Magic.
(Readalikes: Reminds me of lots of novels, but no specific titles are coming to mind. Help!)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for difficult subject matter (parental abandonment, depression, etc.)
To the FTC, with love: I received an e-copy of The Three Rules of Everyday Magic from the generous folks at Boyds Mills Press via those on The Whitney Awards Committee to facilitate contest judging. Thank you!
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This sounds really cute! I'm actually glad this one doesn't have a neat ending, because I don't think that'd go with the theme. I'll have to check it out. Great review!
ReplyDeleteAn uplifting MG book is a good thing; it seems like there are so many more depressing or "too realistic" books from which to choose.
ReplyDeleteI really do love that more and more we are seeing books like this!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a lovely MG book!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds wonderful! (And I love so much that you always note when the author is LDS!)
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