HOPE IN THE HOLLER by Lisa Lewis Tyre
This delightful middle grade novel features a plucky 5th
grader who has just lost her mother to cancer. Wavie is sent to live in a tiny
Appalachian hamlet with an aunt she didn’t know existed.
Wavie acts and speaks like a real 5th
grader. So, too, do the other young people in her new town. Her aunt, Samantha
Rose, is a horror and her cousin isn’t much better. An uncle and a weird old man make up the rest
of the main characters in this lively novel.
A mystery and secrets lead to the plot which moves along
quickly. Middle graders will love this
book that emphasizes honesty, pluck, determination, kindness, friendship and
bravery. This would be a good book for a parent/child book club or an all
student book group. Even boys would like it as there are several interesting
boy characters in the plot.
5 of 5 stars
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