BOWE, Julie

Bowe writes Wren's story with sensitivity, yet with the wealth of literature on divorce and friendship (Kevin Henkes's Bird Lake Moon, Kate DiCamillo's Flora and Ulysses, Nikki Grimes's Words with Wings), this is an additional purchase.

Gr 3—4—Ida May learns the complex, and often harsh, realities of fourth-grade class dynamics firsthand...

Gr 3-5 Fourth-grader Ida May is precariously poised between wanting to be herself-an artist who follows the rules and loves her sock monkey-and wanting to be accepted by her more sophisticated peers who are into makeup and fashion...