Boy crushes! Friend
drama! Annoying twin brother! Cancer?!
Author Andrea Pyros has an incredible gift of speaking the language of
your typical tween. You can hear that
voice in her newest book, Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas. Josephine and her twin brother, Chance, have
just learned that their mother has Stage 2 breast cancer. While Chance reacts with asking their mom a
million questions and trying to understand the disease, Josephine turns inward
for fear that saying the word “cancer” out loud will be their mom’s death
sentence.
Josephine refuses to tell anyone, even her best friend
Makayla, about her mom being sick. After
all, she hates being the center of attention.
Having a sick mom is a big deal, but so is the fact that Josephine and
Chance have been invited to the biggest 7th grade party of the year!
Josephine struggles with keeping her
mom’s cancer a secret from her friends, especially when there’s a big party to
plan for. But when Chance dyes his hair
bright pink in support of their mother, Josephine is mortified. Now EVERYONE knows the big secret!
Surprisingly, I enjoyed this book! These kinds of books usually aren't my cup of tea. At first I thought that Josephine was just
being a bratty tween, but as you get to know her, you begin to understand
her. It was like peeking into a 7th
grade girl’s head. The book is well
written in the language that many tweens will relate to and the subject of
cancer is also written in a modest manner.
This will be a great read for grades 4-7 or ages 9-13.
Thank you to NetGalley and Capstone for
providing me with this E-ARC. Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas will be released on 2/01/2019. Pre-Order your copy of here!
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