Phoebe: A Novel (Sisters Series, Book 1) - Softcover

Kaye, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0152004319 ISBN 13: 9780152004316

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1987

Synopsis

Arriving home from summer camp, eleven-year-old Phoebe disappointedly finds everything has changed--the living room furniture is new, her mother has a job, and her best friends have become interested in boys--and then she begins to grow up in her own way when she leads a protest against book banning in the library.Feeling bewildered and alienated because neither her older sisters nor her best friends seem to have time to spend with her, eleven-year-old Phoebe Gray becomes a library aide and finds herself in the center of a book banning controversy

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-7 When 11-year-old Phoebe returns from camp, she expects her whole family to be there to welcome her home. However, her family and friends seem preoccupied with other concerns. Her mother has taken a job, and her sisters are wrapped up in their own lives. Worst of all, Fee's friends have become immersed in make-up, clothes, and boys. Seeking refuge, Fee becomes a library helper, only to be plunged into a book-banning dispute. Explaining the negative effect of censorship on young readers is the most important thing this book does. Unfortunately, plot unity is threatened by superficial examination of too many characters' concerns. Perhaps this is to allow Phoebe to be a springboard for the following books in the series, but it serves this book poorly. Dialogue is unrealistic and the denouement too pat. Consider for purchase for the paperback rack only because of the interest that the censorship issue might have to preteens. Cindy Darling Codell, Belmont Junior High Schol, Winchester, Ky.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0152004319
• ISBN 13: 9780152004316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146