Description
Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize winner, Samera Kamaleddine.
Evie Hart likes rules. A lot. But as she embarks on her very last year of primary school, it feels like all the rules around her are being broken.
When Evie's class starts learning about the Earth's place in the universe, it makes Evie think about her own place in the world and where she belongs. Which has her more worried than ever.
When your mum writes a horoscope page for a living, it's hard not to think about what the future holds. Especially when she and the only dad Evie has ever known are acting like they're on different planets.
But the more Evie learns about the sky and the stars, the more she learns that changes in the world can't always be controlled. And maybe that's not a bad thing.
From the inaugural winner of the Matilda Prize comes a tender and moving story about one girl's journey to find her place in the world.
Review
This is delightful story is set in Evie Hart’s last year of primary school. Evie lives with her Mum, her stepdad Lee, and her little half-sister Sadie. Her best friend, Farrah, is not in Evie’s class this year.
Evie likes things to be the way they should be and she doesn’t like change, but this is tested when Lee announces that he is moving far away for his job. Will Evie ever see him again?
Evie is bullied at school but when she discovers that her bully is dealing with her own issues, Evie decides to go out of her way to be nice to her - and things actually start to change.
Featuring lots of information about the stars and planets, as Evie’s class are doing a special project on it, and Evie loves learning about her place in the universe.
As Evie navigates changes in her world, the story explores issues of family, separation, friendship and bullying, and is written in a wonderful way that will appeal to readers aged 9 – 13 years.
Reviewed by Rob
