Marvelous Middle Grade Monday
Leeva at Last (Balzer + Bray, 2023) by Sara Pennypacker with pictures by Matthew Cordell is a delightful bittersweet story.
Leeva’s parents only think of two things: fame and money. And since she’s only 8 or 9, she can’t help with either. But she can fix the food, wash the dishes, and never leave the house! But wondering what people are for, Leeva sneaks out through the hedge surrounding the backyard and discovers the library next door and the amazing librarians who share books and cookies with her. Discovering what people are for, ends up with Leeva changing the whole community.
Read about the author here and check out all of Sara’s books here.
Read about the illustrator here. Matthew is also an author.
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I’ve read Pax, but didn’t know she had another one out. The cover is so cute and reminds me of old time middle grades like the Moffats. 🙂
It does!
Leeva sounds like such a sympathetic character. And I’m curious how meeting the librarians changes her life.
Partially by letting her check out books…
This sounds like a moving story. I’ve got The Lion’s Run by Sarah Pennypacker on my reading list this year, but I completely missed this one. Thanks for sharing!
Glad I could let you know.
Thank you for sharing this today. Happy MMGM to you.
To you too!
What a sweet sounding story. Thanks for featuring the book on this week’s MMGM.
Sweet and heartbreaking.
Poor Leeva! She seems to have got the short straw with her parents (I’m hoping she changes them too!). How nice to have a library next door! Thanks for sharing!
Definitely the short straw!