Maggie is a 6th grader who is at a total loss of how to create ‘a map of me’ for a school assignment. When her mom leaves the family, Maggie decides to go find her and bring her home. This involves taking her very unwilling little sister along for the ride. During their stolen car rode trip Maggie has a lot of time to think about her life and what it means to be her.
This is the kind of book well-meaning but antiquated teachers like to choose for dreaded theme discovery assignments. The dated setting, the overly-repetitious use of the words Momma and Daddy, the annoying younger sister, and the incredibly dull flashbacks -didn’t quite lead me to the life lesson/realization that it did for the main character.
Elementary –NOT RECOMMENDED Reviewer: Stephanie MLS graduate.
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