Revenge of the Flower Girls

Gr 4–6—In this breezy, contemporary read from the author of How Not to Be Popular(Delacorte, 2008), 11-year-old triplets Delaney, Dawn, and Darby Brewster need to stop their older sister from making a HUGE mistake. Sweet, wonderful Lily is marrying armadillolike, allergy-prone Burton Caldwell in a month. Burton doesn't make Lily happy, but his pushy mother is steamrolling the wedding plans. The girls are also convinced that Lily still loves her ex-boyfriend, Alex, and that the feelings are mutual.The Brewster triplets try again and again to get Lily and her fiancé to call off the wedding, but to no avail. Can they create enough mayhem to stop the seemingly inevitable? This is a very light read, with stock characters (sweet older sister, friendlike Dad, enforcer Mom, perfect ex-boyfriend, wimpy fiancé, etc.) and a predictable but well-paced plot with realistic dialogue. There is genuine humor in the hijinks the girls devise, and the sisters do exhibit the true bond unique to multiples. The sisters love all things presidential, but this plot device seems contrived and forced at times. All in all, this is an innocent and fun sibling adventure.—Lisa Crandall, formerly at the Capital Area District Library, Holt, MI