Sunday, January 18, 2015

All the Answers

JilltheOWL's Reviews > All the Answers 

Ava is a worrier.  What ifs scare her.  One morning as she prepares for a math test she grabs a blue pencil from the kitchen drawer.  During the test - as she freezes up as normal - she writes down a question and hears an answer.  She soon discovers that the pencil can answer factual questions.  But how helpful is that?  Is is just making her anxiety worse.

At first I thought the book was going to be kind of fluffy.  In fact it reminded me of an Arthur episode with his lucky pencil.  But, as the book progressed, Ava learned a lot about herself and forgiveness, anxiety, and dependence.  I really enjoyed it.  Score another one for Kate Messner.

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