Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family
Rodowsky, Colby F.
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BOOK SUMMARY
Bens philosophy of life is that there are two categories of things that happen, the all-right stuff and the not-all-right stuff. Ben has always lived with just his dad, Mitch, which definitely falls into the all-right category. When Mitch meets Casey and
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Ben’s philosophy of life is that there are two categories of things that happen, the all-right stuff and the not-all-right stuff. Ben has always lived with just his dad, Mitch, which definitely falls into the all-right category. When Mitch meets Casey and they decide to get married, that turns out to be all right, too. Then Mitch and Casey decide to adopt a baby from China, and Ben isn’t sure which category the whole baby thing is going to fit into. After the baby comes home (it’s all right), Casey and Mitch announce that the four of them – as a family – are going on vacation with Casey’s family. All twenty-three of them! Ben is sure this will not be all right!
How eleven-year-old Ben finds his place in a crazy-big family makes this a funny novel about family and what it means to be a part of one.
AUTHOR BIO
COLBY RODOWSKY is the author of many distinguished books for children and young adults, such as That Fernhill Summer, which The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books praised as a character-driven novel about the complicated connections of family. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
BOOK REVIEWS
Rodowsky is in good form, crafting another book with a likable narrator.School Library Journal
Veteran author Rodowsky again demonstrates her skill at bringing a low-key approach to possibly melodramatic events. The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books
"Appealing." --Kirkus Reviews
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0374306583
ISBN(13-digit): 9780374306588
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: 2006044510
Book Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 120
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